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.

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Hearing difficulty might keep older patients away from health care routine: Study

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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
Can stem cells restore the ability to hear?
Hearing loss can have a deep impact on an elder person's personality
Obesity can make women go deaf!

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