Latest Hearing Health News

March 2, 2021

WHO Estimates a Rise in Hearing Loss by 2050

Nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide ─ or 1 in 4 people ─ will be living with some degree of hearing...
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February 23, 2021

New Protein Discovery Helps Researchers Better Understand Hearing Loss

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have conducted a study that has determined the role that...
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February 16, 2021

Tips to Communicate When Wearing a Mask

Wearing masks is making it harder on people who have difficulty hearing. A recent survey by the Hearing Loss Association...
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February 9, 2021

Does Tinnitus Cause Cognitive Issues?

Tinnitus, one of the world's most common hearing conditions, is known to impact a person's hearing and well-being, but can...
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February 8, 2021

Chemotherapy Drug Leads to Potential Hearing Loss Breakthrough

Researchers at the Creighton University School of Medicine have identified a drug that can protect against hearing loss in mice,...
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January 26, 2021

Research Links High Blood Sugar and Hearing Loss to Poor Memory in Older Latino Americans

Hearing loss and diabetes are major public health problems, with Latinos at higher risk than other demographic groups. In a...
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January 19, 2021

Study Investigates Treatment for Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

The purpose of this case study is to support best practices in treating sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL), particularly the...
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January 12, 2021

Purifying Common Antibiotic Could Reduce Hearing Loss Risk

Scientists have discovered a simple method of reformulating gentamicin, a commonly used and highly effective antibiotic, that could reduce the...
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January 5, 2021

Scientists Develop New Gene Therapy for Deafness

Delivering healthy genetic material into the inner ear cells of mice with a genetic defect that causes deafness enables the...
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December 8, 2020 / Tinnitus

New Research Makes it Possible to Measure Sounds of Tinnitus

Some experiences in life are hard to describe, but that doesn't make them any less real. Around the world, up...
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