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Noise levels of sleep machines may be too high according to research from Toronto’s Sick Kids Hospital CBC News article Posted March 3, 2014 White noise machines used to help infants sleep are often capable of producing industrial-scale levels of sound that could have harmful effects to children overexposed to them, suggests a new study. The...
What is Tinnitus? Many people have heard ringing in their ears at one time or another, however, 10-15% of the adult population suffers from tinnitus and 70-85% of the hearing-impaired population report tinnitus (Henry, Dennis, & Schechter, 2005). Tinnitus is the ringing, buzzing, or chirping sound in your ears or head that does not have an...
Study Examines Parental Perspectives on Adolescent Hearing Loss Risk Article found on Audiology Online published January 5, 2014. Despite the rising prevalence of acquired adolescent hearing loss, parents lack education on prevention strategies and few believe their adolescent is at risk, according to a study by Deepa L. Sekhar, M.D., M.Sc., of Penn State College...
List of Toys That May Cause Hearing Loss Article found on AudiologyOnline, published December 17, 2013. 7 out of 18 toys tested increase the risk of hearing loss in less than 15 minutes. Saint Paul, MN–“Push my buttons and you won’t want to stop”, pleads the packaging on a cute and cuddly child’s toy. While...
Obesity is associated with a higher risk for hearing loss, according to a new study in the American Journal of Medicine. On the other hand, greater levels of physical activity are associated with a lower risk for hearing loss, found researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital. “We often think of hearing loss as an inevitable part...
The World Health Organization estimates that there are over 360 million people in the world living with disabling hearing loss. As people are living longer than they did in the past, the prevalence of hearing loss has also gone up. Close to a third of people above the age of 65 live with hearing loss. Even though there...
At least half of all cases of deafness that develop from birth through infancy in developed countries have a genetic basis, as do many cases of later onset progressive hearing loss. To date, at least 1,000 mutations occurring in 64 genes in the human genome have been linked to hearing loss. Next-generation DNA sequencing technologies are enabling...
