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Released: 22-Oct-2024 11:30 AM EDT
Should You Try Apple’s Hearing Aid App? An Audiologist Weighs In
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Apple has marketed its AirPods Pro 2 as soon having “clinical-grade Hearing Aid capability.” To explain what Apple is offering, Devin McCaslin, Ph.D., director of U-M’s audiology program, answers our questions.

Newswise: The Leading Edge: New Directions for Treatment of Hearing Loss
Released: 9-Oct-2024 12:05 PM EDT
The Leading Edge: New Directions for Treatment of Hearing Loss
University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine

For the fifth year in a row, Dr. Adrien Eshraghi and Dr. Ronna Hertzano lectured on the year’s most important hearing loss research at the annual AAO-HNSF meeting.

Newswise: Study: Surgical Intervention Improves Quality of Life for Patients with Acoustic Neuroma
Released: 23-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Study: Surgical Intervention Improves Quality of Life for Patients with Acoustic Neuroma
UC San Diego Health

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that using an innovative surgical approach to remove an acoustic neuroma, a slow-growing, benign brain tumor, improved hearing preservation and quality of life for patients while also presenting excellent facial nerve outcomes.

Newswise: When an ear infection needed surgery, Kentucky Children's Hospital physicians stepped up
Released: 6-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EST
When an ear infection needed surgery, Kentucky Children's Hospital physicians stepped up
University of Kentucky

acey Cundiff knew she had to say something. Her five-year-old daughter had been sick for days, bouncing between visits to their family doctor and local emergency room — but no one had been able to provide a solid diagnosis. Lacey and her daughter, Anna Kerri, had been directed to UK HealthCare’s Makenna David Pediatric Emergency Center. For any mom, seeing her daughter in an emergency room bed late at night was both scary and intimidating, but the doctor leaning over Anna Kerri’s bed put Lacey at ease.

Newswise: Nature’s sonar: Scientists reveal how Japanese horseshoe bats perceive moving objects
Released: 28-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Nature’s sonar: Scientists reveal how Japanese horseshoe bats perceive moving objects
Doshisha University

Unlike most animals that rely on visual senses, bats navigate and locate prey or obstacles through echolocation.

Newswise: Can they hear you now? Kids increasingly exposed to noise health risks via earbuds and headphones
20-Feb-2024 9:15 AM EST
Can they hear you now? Kids increasingly exposed to noise health risks via earbuds and headphones
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

While it’s not surprising to spot teens wearing headphones and earbuds, it’s also becoming a widespread trend among younger children, a national poll suggests

Newswise: Audiology Student Researches Security Vulnerabilities in Hearing Aids
Released: 23-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Audiology Student Researches Security Vulnerabilities in Hearing Aids
University of Northern Colorado

Student combines her fascination with technology and research to uncover whether hearing aids that use Bluetooth technology can be hacked.

   
Released: 21-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Long COVID can happen to anyone. Keep up with the latest research on Long COVID on Newswise
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Stay informed! These are the latest research articles on "Long COVID" from the Coronavirus News Source on Newswise.

Released: 13-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Life doesn't stop at age 65. Get the latest on seniors and healthy aging in the Seniors channel
Newswise

Below are some of the latest research and features on this growing population of older adults in the Seniors channel on Newswise.

Newswise: Music may bring health benefits for older adults, poll suggests
2-Feb-2024 7:05 AM EST
Music may bring health benefits for older adults, poll suggests
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Three-quarters of people age 50 to 80 say music helps them relieve stress or relax and 65% say it helps their mental health or mood, according to the new results from the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging. Meanwhile, 60% say they get energized or motivated by music.

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1-Feb-2024 5:05 AM EST
Mystery of moths’ warning sound production explained in new study
University of Bristol

The workings of the ultrasonic warning sounds produced by the wings of a species of moth have been revealed by researchers at the University of Bristol.

Newswise: Researchers reveal the best-selling ‘pop’ songs of 17th century England
Released: 2-Feb-2024 6:05 AM EST
Researchers reveal the best-selling ‘pop’ songs of 17th century England
Queen's University Belfast

Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Warwick have compiled the first ever collection of hit songs from seventeenth-century England, including over 100 ballads in total.

Newswise: The Medical Minute: Hearing impairment can lead to depression, isolation, dementia
Released: 31-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
The Medical Minute: Hearing impairment can lead to depression, isolation, dementia
Penn State Health

Left unchecked, hearing loss can lead to lead to social isolation and depression – two conditions proven to hasten dementia. A Penn State Health expert sounds off on what you can do about it.

Released: 30-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Our winter of discontent: Get the latest news on the flu in the Influenza channel
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The latest research and expertise on the flue can be found in the Influenza channel on Newswise.

Released: 19-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Don't wait for an emergency to get the latest emergency medicine news
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Find the latest research and features on emergency medicine in the Emergency Medicine channel on Newswise.

       
Released: 8-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Could a drug prevent hearing loss from loud music and aging?
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Researchers have found a gene that links deafness to cell death in the inner ear in humans – creating new opportunities for averting hearing loss.



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