Exposure to loud noise, such as a firecracker or an ear-splitting concert, is the most common preventable cause of hearing loss. Research suggests that 12% or more of the world population is at risk ...

The ability to analyze how the inner ear works could help provide better therapies, especially for sensorineural hearing loss ...

Traditional clinical hearing tests often fail to diagnose patients with a common form of inner ear damage that might otherwise be detected by more challenging behavioral tests, according to the ...

BOSTON, Sept. 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Decibel Therapeutics (Nasdaq: DBTX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to discovering and developing transformative treatments to restore and ...

A novel genetic switch revelation provides an optimistic hope for treating drug-induced balance damage (ototoxicity). Scientists from the University of Barcelona and IDIBELL discovered a specific ...

Hearing loss is one of the most common conditions affecting older adults, with about one in three Americans between 65 and 74 affected, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). While some ...

Discover how gadgets can lead to hearing loss and learn safe listening practices to protect your hearing health.

A study of about 50 people with Alzheimer's disease has added to evidence that damage to the inner ear system that controls balance is a major factor in patients' well-documented higher risk of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio —Alcohol-based hand sanitizer in the eyes can result in serious injury, and the coronavirus can infect cells of the inner ear, including hair cells, which are critical for both hearing ...

It was the American golfer Fred Couples who earned the nickname Boom Boom in the 1990s with his explosive tee shots. But golfers who use titanium clubs in search of similarly long drives beware: those ...