New pill that may help improve age-related hearing loss by protecting delicate cells in inner ear
A new drug, known as SPI-1005, could help improve age-related hearing loss. Preliminary studies have shown that it may also ease tinnitus and Meniere's disease, a neurological condition. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Synchronization of brain hemispheres changes what we hear
(University of Zurich) Most of the time, our brain receives different input from each of our ears, but we nevertheless perceive speech as unified sounds. This process takes place through synchronization of the areas of the brain involved with the help of gamma waves, neurolinguists at the University of Zurich have now discovered. Their findings may lead to new treatment approaches for tinnitus. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
What Is The Most Effective Treatment For Tinnitus?
Title: What Is The Most Effective Treatment For Tinnitus?Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 2/4/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 2/4/2021 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Hearing General)
Source: MedicineNet Hearing General - February 4, 2021 Category: Audiology Source Type: news
What Are Potential Complications of Hearing Aids?
Discussion
Hearing loss can range from profound deafness to fairly minor loss. The causes vary based on age, type of loss (sensorineuronal or conductive, about half of hearing loss in children has a genetic cause), degree and audiometric configuration. Sensorineuronal hearing loss involves the cochlea and neural connections to the brain and auditory cortex. Conductive hearing loss involves structures from the external ear to the oval window. Deafness is defined as a hearing loss > 90 dB. Hearing loss can affect the living and learning of children more than many people realize. “A child with a mild hearing loss can...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 1, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Hiccups, tinnitus and stammering are bizarre signs of Covid too, say doctors
A constant cough, high temperature, thumping headache and a sudden loss of smell or taste are all common symptoms. But what is clear is that Covid-19 can affect the body from head to toe. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why Do We Dream? A New Theory on How It Protects Our Brains
When he was two years old, Ben stopped seeing out of his left eye. His mother took him to the doctor and soon discovered he had retinal cancer in both eyes. After chemotherapy and radiation failed, surgeons removed both his eyes. For Ben, vision was gone forever.
But by the time he was seven years old, he had devised a technique for decoding the world around him: he clicked with his mouth and listened for the returning echoes. This method enabled Ben to determine the locations of open doorways, people, parked cars, garbage cans, and so on. He was echolocating: bouncing his sound waves off objects in the environment and cat...
Source: TIME: Science - December 29, 2020 Category: Science Authors: David Eagleman and Don Vaughn Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Preexisting Tinnitus May Be Exacerbated by COVID-19
MONDAY, Nov. 9, 2020 -- Preexisting tinnitus may be exacerbated by COVID-19, although more than half of patients experience no change in symptoms, according to a study published online Nov. 5 in Frontiers in Public Health.
Eldré W. Beukes,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 9, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
If Your Ears Ring, Covid-19 Can Make It Worse
Tinnitus is the perception of sound when there is no objective sound being made, and can sound like a whoosh, a heartbeat, a high pitch, or like static. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 7, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Nina Shapiro, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Source Type: news
Will.i.am health: The Voice UK judge can hear noises that aren't there due to tinnitus
WILL.i.am will be turning his chair around for performers on The Voice UK. Yet, the musician has admitted to having tinnitus - a condition that involves hearing noises that aren't really there. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COVID May Cause Tinnitus
Tinnitus, a common hearing problem, may be worsened by COVID-19 or possibly even triggered by the new coronavirus, new research indicates. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - November 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Coronavirus symptoms: Is tinnitus a sign of long COVID? What a new study has revealed
CORONAVIRUS symptoms can affect pretty much every body part it's been found. The ears are just one of them and a condition known as tinnitus may be exacerbated by a COVID-19 infection. How? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COVID Can Make Your Ears Ring
FRIDAY, Nov. 6, 2020 -- Tinnitus, a common hearing problem, may be worsened by COVID-19 or possibly even triggered by the new coronavirus, new research indicates.
Moreover, people with tinnitus are further struggling because of lifestyle changes... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 6, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Covid-19 can make tinnitus WORSE or even trigger a hearing problem
Forty per cent of people in the Anglia Ruskin University study claimed that their tinnitus got worse at the same time that they suffered coronavirus symptoms. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COVID-19 is making tinnitus worse -- new study
(Anglia Ruskin University) New research reveals that tinnitus, a common condition that causes the perception of noise in the ear and head, is being exacerbated by COVID-19.The study, which involved 3,103 participants from 48 countries, found that 40% of those displaying symptoms of COVID-19 simultaneously experience a worsening of their tinnitus. It also found that a large proportion of people believe their tinnitus is being made worse by social distancing measures introduced to help control the virus. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - November 5, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nasal spray containing oxtyocin could treat TINNITUS
A nasal spray of the 'love hormone' oxytocin could banish tinnitus - the ringing or buzzing in the ears that affects around seven million Britons. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
