Audiology News

Mice injected with a newly identified chemical improved their performance on several simple memory tests, a finding that could help scientists better understand a host of human memory disorders associated with brain diseases and aging, according to researchers at UCSF.

The maker of software for audiologists was 2007's fastest-growing private company, posting three-year growth of 730 percent, and had revenue of $5 million and 17 employees in 2007.

The man who identified the quietest place in the Lower 48 - dubbed the "One Square Inch of Silence" - is going deaf.

British paracyclist Tom Staniford has discovered he is one of just eight people in the world with a rare syndrome.

The Palmerston resident was one of the few people with hearing problems to have a cochlear implant fitted in the Territory.

National Paracycling Champion Tom Staniford has an extremely rare condition which, until now, has puzzled his doctors.

Q: My mom says hearing loss just comes with age and you just have to learn to live with it.

Hearing loss is the third most common physical condition after heart disease and arthritis.

In August 2011, a group of dogs running loose in a Cocke County neighborhood mauled a 10-year-old boy.

Obese adolescents are more likely than their normal-weight counterparts to have hearing loss, according to results of a new study.

Earlier this year, a Kickstarter campaign for a documentary film called "In Pursuit of Silence" raised $35,371, exceeding its goal in just a few weeks.

Australian scientists have claimed to have discovered how a genetic mutation causes people to lose their hearing in their early twenties.

Marwood Thomas Braund, the chief executive of Hearing Concern has received an Member of the Order of the British Empire from The Queen.

A paracycling champion from the Westcountry hopes he is a step closer to the 2016 Paralympic Games after academics solved the puzzle of his rare condition using DNA analysis.

Mernie Guthrie responds during a hearing test conducted by hearing instrument specialist Brian Harvey.

Homeowner Christine Igot knows one thing for sure. "I will not have a fridge in my kitchen ever again," she says firmly.

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The fundraising party, which will take place at the Fringe theater in Beersheba, is organized by students enrolled in the Keren Moshe Leadership Training Program Students at Ben Gurion University in the Negev will hold a fundraising headphones party on Monday to benefit the association MICHA in Beersheba, which dedicates itself to assisting and ... (more)

Singing star and actress Maureen Nolan is launching a UK-wide campaign to find people who are hard of hearing and have triumphed over adversity - and is bringing the search to Ilkley.

At a hearing Tuesday, the use of take-out containers made of polystyrene -- the main ingredient in Styrofoam -- was challenged on health and environmental grounds.