Making Sense Of The World Through A Cochlear Implant
Scientists at University College London and Imperial College London have shown how the brain makes sense of speech in a noisy environment, such as a pub or in a crowd. The research suggests that various regions of the brain work together to make sense of what it hears, but that when the speech is completely incomprehensible, the brain appears to give up trying.
Medicalnewstoday.com Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:00:00 PDT

International Task Force Launched To Address Worldwide Shortfall In Health Workers, WHO Says
A new international task force has been established to address the worldwide shortage of health care workers, the World Health Organization announced on Tuesday, Xinhua/People's Daily reports. According to WHO, the world is short 4.
Medicalnewstoday.com Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:00:00 PDT

Anti-Epileptic Drugs Could Help Prevent And Treat Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
On the battlefield, a soldier's hearing can be permanently damaged in an instant by the boom of an explosion, and thousands of soldiers returning from Iraq have some permanent hearing loss. But what if soldiers could take a pill before going on duty that would prevent damage to hearing?Research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests a medicinal form of hearing protection may someday be a possibility. A group headed by Jianxin Bao, Ph.D.
Medicalnewstoday.com Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:00:00 PDT

Sign Language At Your Fingertips
The world's first sign language dictionary available from a mobile phone has been launched by the University of Bristol's Centre for Deaf Studies.Mobilesign.org is a video dictionary with over 5,000 British Sign Language signs. Produced by staff at the Centre for Deaf Studies, it is a mobile accessory to people who work with Deaf people, have Deaf customers or just want to learn to sign.
Medicalnewstoday.com Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:00:00 PDT

Hearing Loss In Children Leads To Substantial Meningitis Risk
Children who are stricken with severe hearing loss are five times more likely to contract meningitis, according to a new study published in the March 2007 edition of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. The study, conducted over a nine year period, monitored 663,963 children born in Denmark between 1995 and 2004. It identified 39 children with both hearing loss and meningitis; of these children, five were first diagnosed with hearing loss, and later, meningitis.
Medicalnewstoday.com Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT

Health Tip: Ruptured Eardrum (HealthDay)
A ruptured eardrum has a tear in it. The torn tissue often is caused by pressure and fluid buildup resulting from a middle ear infection.
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Missed Through Deaf Eyes? Another Chance
Did you miss seeing Through Deaf Eyes? PBS has provided a page that you can use to find the next showing in your area....
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Home Health Care for Deaf
I received this inquiry but have no answer for them. They are asking about training programs for home health care. Does anyone have a good answer or suggestion?"Are there any...
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Watched Through Deaf Eyes?
Did you watch Through Deaf Eyes tonight? (And if you were lucky enough to be in DC, the deaf film festival that aired afterward) What did you think of it?...
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Blog of the Week: The Greatest Irony
In her signed vlog masterpiece (a transcript is thoughtfully provided), "The Greatest Irony," Amy Cohen Efron discusses and contrasts the benefits of baby sign language for hearing babies with the...
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Deafness and Deaf People in Science
When I started my college career, I studied science. Although I ended up in a different field, I have not forgotten my early interest in science. This article on deafness...
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Deaf, Autistic Young Man Succeeds in Life
Just read this article on a deaf and austistic young man who has succeeded in school and has a job.Related article on About.com: Deafness and Autism...
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Deaf Senior Citizen Wishes to Perform
SidneySoskalne asks on the forum:My name is Sidney. I would like to know if you have any advice for me. I am 83 yrs. old and a former...
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Interpreters Need Financial Aid Too
An About visitor wrote:I may be asked to leave college and that means that my education to become an ASL Interpreter will come to an end. I will give you...
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Icing on the Cake - Broadcast Deaf Films
According to Inside Gallaudet, on March 21 right after the PBS broadcast of "Through Deaf Eyes," the landmark program chronicling deaf heritage, people living in metro DC will get an...
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Deaf History Month Begins
Today marks the start of Deaf History Month, which continues til April 15. About Deafness already has several articles on people in deaf history and historic deaf events, in the...
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Hearing impaired student captures International Performance Award
Yew Choong Cheong, a West Virginia University student who plays and studies classical piano despite a loss of hearing, recently won the 2007 International Young Soloists Award given by VSA arts.The international, nonprofit organization was founded in 1974 by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to create a society where all people with disabilities learn through, participate in and enjoy the arts.
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Early stages of hearing loss not always easily noticed
Hearing, like vision, which was covered in my last column, diminishes as we grow older. When our hearing goes, we don't hear pleasant sounds such as birdsong, and, more seriously, we may not hear things that can harm us. Social relationships may suffer because conversations become tedious, and conflicts may result from misunderstandings of what is being said.
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Aging nation faces growing hearing loss
An aging U.S. population faces a looming crisis in hearing loss, researchers said Saturday. Some research holds promise, but much is in the early stages.By 2050, there could be as many as 50 million people in the United States with impaired hearing, Steven Greenberg of Silicon Speech in Santa Venetia, Calif., told the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Steroids usually fix sudden hearing loss
A combination of time and treatment with oral corticosteroids can help people with sudden sensorineural hearing loss regain full hearing, Korean researchers show.People with sudden sensorineural hearing loss suffer the loss of 30 decibels or more of hearing over several hours to three days. The condition affects about 4,000 Americans each year. About 30 percent to 60 percent of patients will experience spontaneous recovery within two weeks.
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Car airbags will cause permanent hearing Loss in 17 percent
A researcher at a national hearing conference will present data that predict 17 percent of people exposed to deployed airbags in American cars will suffer from permanent hearing loss. His data also show, contrary to what experts have previously thought, airbag deployment is more hazardous to the ear when a car's windows are rolled down. These are among the results that will be presented by auditory physiologist Richard Price at the National Hearing Conservation Association's 32nd Annual Conference. The conference, titled, "A Passion to Preserve," will be held Feb. 15-17 at the Hyatt Regency in Savannah, Ga.
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Hard-of-hearing girl makes history in spelling bee
Anna Brnak sat at a table in the center of the multipurpose room surrounded by 80 other middle schoolers, each staring at a sheet in front of them. Pencil in hand, Anna got ready to write word after word -- 50 in all -- on the sheet as each was read by the man with the microphone.Another adult stood in the room, a red-headed college student, who hand signaled what the microphone man was saying. She gestured the quips made by Paul Kirkpatrick, middle school principal at University Schools, such as, "If someone looks at your paper, slap them. Do the best you can to make sure your word stays yours."
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When baby cannot hear
Tatia Granger remembers being "shell shocked" when she first learned her daughter couldn't hear.Granger and her husband first began to suspect Rheis didn't hear normally months before. But still, when the doctor told them their 13-month-old girl had "permanent, profound hearing loss," they weren't sure how to react.
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Deaf woman could face death in dismemberment case
A deaf woman could be sentenced to death by lethal injection if convicted of kidnapping or murdering another deaf woman, a judge ruled Wednesday.Daphne Wright, 43, is accused of abducting, killing and dismembering Darlene VanderGiesen, 42, in Sioux Falls one year ago.
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Religion today
Brian Sims was sitting in traffic when a car with a booming stereo pulled up next to him.Feeling vibrations from the pulsating vehicle, the Baptist pastor who ministers to the deaf got an idea: creating a one-of-kind church exclusively for deaf people.Today, the Brentwood Baptist Deaf Church has more than 30 speakers beneath the floor so congregants can feel the vibration of the music.
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University for the deaf could lose accreditation
The nation's only liberal arts university for the deaf could lose its accreditation unless it addresses concerns about weak academic standards, ineffective governance and a lack of tolerance for diverse views, an education oversight group warned.Gallaudet University was rocked by student demonstrations last fall that shut down the university for several days and forced the board to revoke the new president's appointment.
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School Board settles suit with deaf woman
Merrie Paul fell in love with motorcycles at age 12 when her parents bought her a Yamaha.She put her passion on hold for most of her adult years, until she married a man with a penchant for Harley-Davidsons.But when Paul, who is deaf, tried to sign up for a motorcycle safety course in April 2005, the Hillsborough County school district wouldn't provide her with a sign language interpreter.
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Genetic Hearing Loss May Be Reversible Without Gene Therapy
A large proportion of genetically caused deafness in humans may be reversible by compensating for a missing protein, based on discoveries in mice.Emory University researchers have found that in mice, increasing the amount of the protein connexin26 in the ear's cochlea compensates for an absence of another protein, connexin30. The findings come 10 years after scientists first discovered that connexin26 mutations cause much of the deafness diagnosed at birth.
Medicalnewstoday.com Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:00:00 PDT

Stem Cell Transplants Possible Treatment For Hearing Loss
Stefan Heller's dream is to someday find a cure for deafness.As a leader in stem cell-based research on the inner ear at the Stanford University School of Medicine, he's got a step-by-step plan for making this dream a reality.It may take another decade or so, but if anyone can do it, he's the guy to place your bets on.
Medicalnewstoday.com Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:00:00 PDT

Low-Pitch Treatment Alleviates Ringing Sound Of Tinnitus
For those who pumped up the volume one too many times, UC Irvine researchers may have found a treatment for the hearing damage loud music can cause.Fan-Gang Zeng and colleagues have identified an effective way to treat the symptoms of tinnitus, a form of hearing damage typically marked by high-pitched ringing that torments more than 60 million Americans.
Medicalnewstoday.com Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:00:00 PDT


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