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House Research Institute Receives Recognition from Mayor Villaraigosa In Promoting Healthy Hearing during May Better Hearing Month
L.A. Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa, in a special letter of recognition, joined the non-profit House Research Institute in celebrating May as Better Hearing Month to raise awareness for hearing health issues. The institute also offers 3 Tips for Better Hearing. |
Released: 5/9/2013 9:00 AM EDT
House Research Institute |
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Bad Behavior in Kids with Hearing Implants Doesn’t Predict Slowed Language DevelopmentA new study is challenging a long held belief among speech therapists and audiologists that bad behavior in young children with hearing implants is an indicator of device failure and a predictor of poor language development. |
Embargo expired: 4/12/2013 8:00 AM EDT
Released: 4/11/2013 6:05 AM EDT
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center |
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Developing a Genetic Hearing Screening for NewbornsResearchers are developing a genetic hearing screening for newborns at the Medical College of Wisconsin. They hope their work will lead to standard genetic hearing screenings for newborns at other hospitals. |
Released: 3/14/2013 9:00 AM EDT
American Hearing Research Foundation |
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Putting HiFi Into Cochlear Implants
An interdisciplinary team of Vanderbilt researchers have developed a way to reprogram cochlear implants that dramatically improves the quality and clarity of users’ hearing. |
Released: 3/5/2013 5:15 PM EST
Vanderbilt University |
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Resveratrol Shows Promise to Protect Hearing, Cognition
Resveratrol, a substance found in red grapes and red wine, may have the potential to protect against hearing and cognitive decline, according to a published laboratory study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. |
Released: 2/20/2013 12:30 PM EST
Henry Ford Health System |
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Noisy Classroom Simulation Aids Comprehension in Hearing-Impaired ChildrenTraining the brain to filter out background noise and thus understand spoken words could help the academic performance and quality of life for children who struggle to hear, but there's been little evidence that such noise training works in youngsters. A new report showed about a 50 percent increase in speech comprehension in background noise when children with hearing impairments followed a three-week auditory training regimen. |
Released: 2/11/2013 12:00 PM EST
University of Washington |
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FDA Approves Clinical Trial of Auditory Brainstem Implant Procedure for Children in the U.S.
House Research Institute and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given final approval to begin a clinical trial of an Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI) procedure for children. |
Released: 1/22/2013 9:00 AM EST
House Research Institute |
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Hearing Loss Accelerates Brain Function Decline in Older AdultsOlder adults with hearing loss are more likely to develop problems thinking and remembering than older adults whose hearing is normal, according to a new study by hearing experts at Johns Hopkins. |
Embargo expired: 1/21/2013 4:00 PM EST
Released: 1/17/2013 7:00 AM EST
Johns Hopkins Medicine |
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Researcher Learns Mechanism of Hearing Is Similar to Car Battery
University of Iowa biologists have advanced their knowledge of human hearing by studying a similar auditory system in fruit flies—and by making use of the fruit fly “love song.” |
Released: 1/7/2013 2:30 PM EST
University of Iowa |
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Novel Laser Technique Reveals How the Inner Ear Amplifies Sound
Researchers at The Rockefeller University in New York describe how the ear amplifies incoming sound using an innovative laser technique. |
Released: 12/11/2012 11:00 AM EST
American Hearing Research Foundation |