Archive for the ‘Hearing / Deafness’ Category
Monday, April 9th, 2007
Have you ever walked by someone listening to their i-Pod loud enough for you recognize the song? Studies have shown noise-induced hearing loss is going to become the next big epidemic affecting our younger generation though the effects won't show until it is too late to treat. In addition to ...
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Sunday, April 8th, 2007
Modern hearing aids, though quite sophisticated, still do not faithfully reproduce sound as hearing people perceive it. New findings at the Weizmann Institute of Science shed light on a crucial mechanism for discerning different sound frequencies and thus may have implications for the design of better hearing aids.
Research by Dr. ...
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Sunday, April 8th, 2007
The world's first truly robotic micro-drill has been used in a surgical operation in Birmingham, UK.
It does not have to be programmed or made to work from a computer operated by a human. It is smart. It just knows where to go and what to do. This has never happened ...
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Friday, April 6th, 2007
Although newborn babies in rich countries routinely have their hearing tested, the major global health agencies, such as the World Bank and Unicef, have not prioritized funding for newborn hearing tests in poor countries, writes Dr Bolajoko Olusanya (University of Lagos, Nigeria and University College London, UK) in PLoS Medicine.
"The ...
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Friday, April 6th, 2007
Soldiers exposed to the deafening din of battle have little defense against hearing loss, and are often reluctant to wear protective gear like ear plugs that could make them less able to react to danger. But what if a nutritious daily "candy bar" could prevent much of that potential damage ...
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Monday, January 8th, 2007
The EuroHear Consortium is organizing a meeting entitled The Structure and Operation of the Hair Bundle to be held at the College de France in Paris on the 27 28th April 2007.
The meeting will consider five topics:
-- The Stereociliary Cytoskeleton
-- Cell-surface Molecules and Cellular Polarization
-- Mechanoelectrical Transduction and Mechanics
-- Adaptation ...
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Monday, January 8th, 2007
The 5 year project commenced on December 1st 2004. EuroHear was officially launched during a gathering more than 70 people in the Conference Centre of the Curie Institute.
This field of research has been supported by the European Commission for several years. Indeed this project, granted 12.5 M€ by the EC, ...
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Monday, January 8th, 2007
Why is research on hearing impairment a priority for the European Commission?
"Hearing impairment (HI) is a real heath problem in Europe. In Europe, 40 million individuals (over 10 % of its population) suffer from HI with 2 million profoundly deaf. In children, deafness impedes language acquisition and generates learning difficulties.
In ...
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Saturday, January 6th, 2007
Sound Pharmaceuticals (SPI) has completed Phase I clinical testing of SPI-1005, an oral compound, under development for the prevention and treatment of noise induced hearing loss. Results from this 32 patient study and the protocol of an upcoming Phase II clinical study in 80 noise-exposed ...
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