By Anton Benz on July 13, 2023 Credit: Prostock-Studio/Getty Images Constant buzzing and ringing in the ears without any input from the external environment can seriously impair quality of life for the 10 percent of people with tinnitus in the U.S. who have a severe form of the condition. A combination treatment using sound and electrical stimulation may now...
by Duke-NUS Medical School Older adults aged 60 years and above with vision and hearing impairments may enjoy fewer years of life and health span compared to those with no impairments. Detecting and managing these conditions early could prolong the duration of life lived in good health by older adults, according to a study recently...
Traditional clinical hearing tests often fails to diagnose patients with a common form of inner ear damage that might otherwise be detected by challenging behavioral tests. These findings of a University at Buffalo were published in the Journal Frontiers in Neuroscience. This “hidden hearing loss” presents itself as essentially normal hearing in the clinic, where...
