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Age-related hearing loss can negatively affect cognitive test outcomes

The early and correct diagnosis of a cognitive impairment - such as dementia - is crucial as it allows interventions and treatments that may slow the progression of a patient's symptoms to be quickly put in place.

10 Jul 2020

Cochlear obtains FDA approval of Kanso 2 Sound Processor

Cochlear Limited, the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of three new products to its suite of hearing technology solutions.

From Cochlear Ltd 10 Jul 2020

UBC study provides evidence of preserved hearing at the end of life

Hearing is widely thought to be the last sense to go in the dying process. Now UBC researchers have evidence that some people may still be able to hear while in an unresponsive state at the end of their life.

8 Jul 2020

Dual sensory impairment in older adults linked to higher risk for dementia

Older adults with both hearing and visual impairments—or dual sensory impairment—had a significantly higher risk for dementia in a recent study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring.

8 Jul 2020

COVID cuts a lethal path through San Quentin’s death row

The old men live in cramped spaces and breathe the same ventilated air. Many are frail, laboring with heart disease, liver and prostate cancer, tuberculosis, dementia. And now, with the coronavirus advancing through their ranks, they are falling one after the next.

8 Jul 2020

Researchers propose new way to understand sensory integration in autistic children

Researchers at McMaster University who study how the brain processes sound have discovered the common practice of using artificial tones in perception experiments could mean scientists are overlooking important and interesting discoveries in the field of brain research.

8 Jul 2020

Purdue-affiliated medical device company raises over $1.5 million to scale up business

SpeechVive Inc. announced Tuesday (July 7) the completion of a convertible note that will provide the necessary resources to begin scaling the business.

7 Jul 2020

Study results do not show benefit of proteomic analysis for detecting diabetic nephropathy

One of the consequences of diabetes mellitus, particularly if accompanied by high blood pressure (hypertension), can be a chronic kidney disease (diabetic nephropathy), which can lead to permanent failure of the kidneys (end-stage renal disease).

6 Jul 2020

Scientists find a simpler approach to generate sensory cells of the inner ear

Scientists from the USC Stem Cell laboratories of Neil Segil and Justin Ichida are whispering the secrets of a simpler way to generate the sensory cells of the inner ear.

1 Jul 2020

New study provides novel insight into the evolution of mammals

Infant marsupials and monotremes use a connection between their ear and jawbones shortly after birth to enable them to drink their mothers' milk, new findings in eLife reveal.

1 Jul 2020

Children from 8 years spontaneously link voice to facial emotion

Do children have to wait until age 8 to recognize - spontaneously and without instructions - the same emotion of happiness or anger depending on whether it is expressed by a voice or on a face?

30 Jun 2020

Workers filed more than 4,100 complaints about protective gear. Some still died.

COVID-19 cases were climbing at Michigan's McLaren Flint hospital. So Roger Liddell, 64, who procured supplies for the hospital, asked for an N95 respirator for his own protection, since his work brought him into the same room as COVID-positive patients.

30 Jun 2020

Study shows how the brain's auditory system is affected by HIV

Even with effective antiretroviral therapy, patients infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) sustain central nervous system damage.

30 Jun 2020

UCLA team launches survey to gather public opinion on allocating resources during COVID-19

As California prepares for a potential surge of COVID-19, there is a pressing need to determine how critical care resources should be allocated, especially if there is an extreme shortage of those resources.

29 Jun 2020

California prisons are COVID hotbeds despite billions spent on inmate health

From Corcoran and Avenal state prisons in the arid Central Valley to historical San Quentin on the San Francisco Bay, California prisons have emerged as raging COVID-19 hot spots, even as the state annually spends more on inmate health care than other big states spend on their entire prison systems.

29 Jun 2020

Pediatric patients more resilient against COVID-19 compared to adults

The majority of children with COVID-19 in 26 countries fared well clinically compared to adults during the first four months of the pandemic, a newly released study shows.

26 Jun 2020

Repeated surgeries have no major psychological impact on children born with cleft lip and palate

Children born with cleft lip and cleft palate (CLP) commonly undergo multiple surgical procedures between infancy and adolescence. By the time they are teens, patients with CLP with more total surgeries do not have increased psychosocial problems.

26 Jun 2020

Ghost bill: UVA siphons couple’s tax refund to pay 20-year-old medical debt

The notice from the Virginia tax department puzzled a Charlottesville couple last October. It said their state income tax refund had been reduced because of an outstanding medical debt to the University of Virginia Medical Center. Instead of $220, they got $110.

24 Jun 2020

California lawmakers block health care cuts

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic state lawmakers agreed Monday on a state budget plan that would avoid the deep cuts to essential health care services that the governor had initially proposed.

23 Jun 2020

New study may provide a 'playlist' for testing brain disorders

Psychologists and medical researchers for years have used familiar tunes to study brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and dementia, but they've never had a common set of songs to draw from.

22 Jun 2020

Hearing News and Research

Age-related hearing loss can negatively affect cognitive test outcomes

Cochlear obtains FDA approval of Kanso 2 Sound Processor

UBC study provides evidence of preserved hearing at the end of life

Dual sensory impairment in older adults linked to higher risk for dementia

COVID cuts a lethal path through San Quentin’s death row

Researchers propose new way to understand sensory integration in autistic children

Purdue-affiliated medical device company raises over $1.5 million to scale up business

Study results do not show benefit of proteomic analysis for detecting diabetic nephropathy

Scientists find a simpler approach to generate sensory cells of the inner ear

New study provides novel insight into the evolution of mammals

Children from 8 years spontaneously link voice to facial emotion

Workers filed more than 4,100 complaints about protective gear. Some still died.

Study shows how the brain's auditory system is affected by HIV

UCLA team launches survey to gather public opinion on allocating resources during COVID-19

California prisons are COVID hotbeds despite billions spent on inmate health

Pediatric patients more resilient against COVID-19 compared to adults

Repeated surgeries have no major psychological impact on children born with cleft lip and palate

Ghost bill: UVA siphons couple’s tax refund to pay 20-year-old medical debt

California lawmakers block health care cuts

New study may provide a 'playlist' for testing brain disorders

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