Hearing problem

Hearing loss is when your ability to hear is reduced. A hearing loss makes it more difficult for you to hear speech and other sounds. The most common causes of hearing loss are noise and ageing.

Use your smartphone to monitor your health better

Posted By Editorial Team, May 29, 2019 at 12:53pm

You can use your smartphone to diagnose various health conditions, thanks to the tracking apps that are available now. Here is a list of diagnostic apps that can prove to be your best health buddy.
Hearing difficulty might keep older patients away from health care routine: Study

Posted By ANI, April 03, 2019 at 02:34pm

A new research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society has revealed that hearing difficulty in old age is linked to lower involvement in health care routine.
Mumbai hospital launches Audiology department and hearing services

Posted By Editorial Team, October 26, 2018 at 10:44am

SRCC Children s Hospital will provide post-operative audiology services to the needy patients.
New hearing aid device enables users to programme it on their own

Posted By Editorial Team, October 06, 2018 at 05:49pm

According to FDA, the Bose Hearing Aid is a user-fitted wireless air conduction hearing aid.
Genetic testing provides hope for couple with family history of hearing loss

Posted By Debjani Arora, August 29, 2018 at 01:36pm

In India, over a million babies are born each year with genetic disorders and 20-30 % of infant mortality is due to these disorders. A genetic testing helps couples to know what to expect, especially if there is a family history of any disorder that runs in the family.
Cochlear implants to help with hearing loss

Posted By Editorial Team, August 09, 2018 at 08:51pm

Like hearing aid, a cochlear implant can provide a sense of sound to people who are suffering from sensorineural hearing loss. But it cannot restore 100 per cent hearing capacity.
For patients with hearing loss, this drug therapy offers hope

Posted By Agencies, June 29, 2018 at 04:47pm

Scientists have developed a drug that could partially restore hearing in patients with an inherited form of progressive deafness.
Hearing loss: new drug presents hope for prevention

Posted By Agencies, March 11, 2018 at 12:16pm

Cisplatin is used to treat a variety of cancers but causes irreversible hearing loss in up to 70 per cent of patients, the researcher said.
Here's what causes hearing loss

Posted By Agencies, June 01, 2017 at 03:22pm

A genetic change that may cause jaw malformation can also trigger hearing defects.
New drug combination may combat hearing loss

Posted By Agencies, February 24, 2017 at 09:53am

A drug combination that can regenerate hair cells in human ears that detect sound waves.
Nicotine exposure may cause hearing problems in babies

Posted By Agencies, February 13, 2017 at 04:43pm

Auditory brainstem may have abnormal development in kids when pregnant mothers are exposed to nicotine
Loud music heightens the risk of deafness in teenagers and adults

Posted By Agencies, June 07, 2016 at 03:10pm

Exposure to loud music has increased the number of teenagers suffering from hearing defects as well as heightened their risk of deafness in adulthood, finds a new research.
This 4-year-old overcame multiple disabilities and is now totally healthy

Posted By Editorial Team, November 19, 2015 at 06:24pm

Jyontika was born with Rubella syndrome which leads to abnormalities like clouded vision, hearing impairment etc.
Revealed - how the noise around you is making you deaf!

Posted By Shraddha Rupavate, March 25, 2015 at 06:01pm

Do you often visit night clubs? Check whether you are damaging your hearing ability. Here are the symptoms, causes and prevention tips.
Blame your genes for decline in hearing: Experts

Posted By Editorial Team, June 30, 2014 at 09:08am
Can stem cells restore the ability to hear?

Posted By Editorial Team, June 23, 2014 at 12:44pm
Hearing loss can have a deep impact on an elder person's personality

Posted By Agencies, April 02, 2014 at 07:16pm
Obesity can make women go deaf!

Posted By Editorial Team, November 27, 2013 at 11:41am