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...
Long-term hearing loss from loud explosions, such as blasts from roadside bombs, may not be as irreversible as previously thought, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Using a mouse model, the study found that loud blasts cause hair-cell and nerve-cell damage, rather than structural damage to the...
The sounds of success are ringing at Kansas State University through a research project that has potential to treat human deafness and loss of balance. Philine Wangemann, a professor of anatomy and physiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, and her international team have published the results of their study in the July issue of...
