A comprehensive study of the prevalence and risk factors for noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) show that men, especially those who are white and married, are significantly more at risk than women, according to new research presented at the 2009 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in San [...]
It’s a ringing, a buzzing, a hissing or a clicking - and the patient is the only one who can hear it. Complicating matters, physicians can rarely pinpoint the source of tinnitus, a chronic ringing of the head or ears that can be as quiet as a whisper or as loud as [...]
Infants and children who suffer from congenital or acquired hearing loss can face a lifetime of speech and language deficits, poor academic performance and emotional problems. In the clinical report, “Hearing Assessment in Infants and Children: Recommendations Beyond Neonatal Screening,” researchers have developed an algorithm to assist pediatricians determine the course of treatment when a [...]