var digesttext = "<!-- Header --><style type=\"text/css\">P.item { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #999; line-height: 1.45em }a { color: #04E; }#items { font-size: 13px; }SPAN.description { color: #222; line-height: 1.25em }SPAN.date { color: #888; font-size: 11px; }SPAN.date A { color: #247; }SPAN.grey { color: #888; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22px; }</style><div id=\"items\"><!-- Items --><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241230.php\" target=\"_blank\">Somatosensory Neurons Remain Overactive After Exposure To Loud Noises</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">02/06/12 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">It is common knowledge that it takes a while for the hearing to become \'normal\' again after listening to music that is too loud. The American Tinnitus Association estimates that there are almost 50 million people in the U.S. and millions mo..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241072.php\" target=\"_blank\">Noise Exposure Can Cause Long&#45;Lasting Changes To Sensory Pathways; Touch&#45;Sensing Nerve Cells May Lead To Future Tinnitus Treatments</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">02/03/12 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">We all know that it can take a little while for our hearing to bounce back after listening to our iPods too loud or attending a raucous concert. But new research at the University of Michigan Health System suggests over&#45;exposure to nois..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240865.php\" target=\"_blank\">Diabetes Affects Hearing Loss, Especially In Women</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/30/12 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Having diabetes may cause women to experience a greater degree of hearing loss as they age, especially if the metabolic disorder is not well controlled with medication, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit...</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240885.php\" target=\"_blank\">Women With Diabetes Experience More Hearing Problems</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/27/12 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> A new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, presented at the annual Triological Society\'s Combined Sections Meeting, on January 26 in Miami Beach, shows that diabetes is likely to cause a greater degree of hearing loss in women as the..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240378.php\" target=\"_blank\">Revolutionary Surgical Technique For Perforations Of The Eardrum</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/17/12 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A revolutionary surgical technique for treating perforations of the tympanic membrane (eardrum) in children and adults has been developed at the Sainte&#45;Justine University Hospital Centre, an affiliate of the Universite de Montreal, by D..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240304.php\" target=\"_blank\">Deaf Sign Language Users Pick Up Faster On Body Language</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/16/12 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Deaf people who use sign language are quicker at recognizing and interpreting body language than hearing non&#45;signers, according to new research from investigators at UC Davis and UC Irvine. The work suggests that deaf people may be espe..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239926.php\" target=\"_blank\">Cochlear Implant Failure Rate Generally Low</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/04/12 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A study published in the December issue of Archives of Otolaryngology &#45; Head &#38; Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, found that among children treated at a pediatric tertiary care clinic in Canada, the overall percentage ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239871.php\" target=\"_blank\">New Clues To Human Deafness Found In Mice</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/04/12 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Providing clues to deafness, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a gene that is required for proper development of the mouse inner ear. In humans, this gene, known as FGF20, is located in a p..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239834.php\" target=\"_blank\">Using MP3 Players At High Volume Puts Teens At Risk For Early Hearing Loss</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/04/12 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Today\'s ubiquitous MP3 players permit users to listen to crystal&#45;clear tunes at high volume for hours on end &#45; a marked improvement on the days of the Walkman. But according to Tel Aviv University research, these advances have also ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239620.php\" target=\"_blank\">Listen Up: Abnormality In Auditory Processing Underlies Dyslexia</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">01/02/12 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> People with dyslexia often struggle with the ability to accurately decode and identify what they read. Although disrupted processing of speech sounds has been implicated in the underlying pathology of dyslexia, the basis of this disruption..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239576.php\" target=\"_blank\">Do You Hear What I Hear? Noise Exposure Surrounds Us</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">12/31/11 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Nine out of 10 city dwellers may have enough harmful noise exposure to risk hearing loss, and most of that exposure comes from leisure activities. Historically, loud workplaces were blamed for harmful noise levels...</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239413.php\" target=\"_blank\">Noisy Toys May Put A Child\'s Hearing At Risk</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">12/20/11 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">While Road Rippers Lightning Rods, Let\'s Rock Elmo and the I Am T&#45;Pain musical microphone might be sought&#45;after gifts this holiday season, parents should ensure that their children don\'t risk permanent hearing damage by misusing the..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239306.php\" target=\"_blank\">Increased Touch Sensitivity Shown By Individuals With DFNA2 Hearing Loss</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">12/16/11 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">According to an investigation published in Nature Neuroscience, individuals who suffer with hereditary DFNA2 hearing loss are more sensitive to low frequency vibration. Findings from the study reveal previously unknown associations between ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239015.php\" target=\"_blank\">People With DFNA2 Hearing Loss Show Increased Touch Sensitivity</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">12/12/11 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">People with a certain form of inherited hearing loss have increased sensitivity to low frequency vibration, according to a study by Professor Thomas Jentsch of the Leibniz&#45;Institut f&#195;&#188;r Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)/Max Delbr..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238642.php\" target=\"_blank\">Sound And Vision Linked In Perception Of Moving Objects</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">12/05/11 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">\"Imagine you are playing ping&#45;pong with a friend. Your friend makes a serve. Information about where and when the ball hit the table is provided by both vision and hearing...</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238443.php\" target=\"_blank\">Is There A Central Brain Area For Hearing Melodies And Speech Cues? An Open Question Needing Further Study, Review Says</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">12/01/11 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The perceptual feature of sound known as pitch is fundamental to human hearing, allowing us to enjoy the melodies and harmonies of music and recognize the inflection of speech. Previous studies have suggested that a particular hotspot in th..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238047.php\" target=\"_blank\">Gene&#45;Therapy Trial Will Attempt To Restore Hearing In Deaf Mice Following Discovery Of Critical Molecules For Hearing And Balance</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">11/22/11 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Researchers have found long&#45;sought genes in the sensory hair cells of the inner ear that, when mutated, prevent sound waves from being converted to electric signals &#45; a fundamental first step in hearing...</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237630.php\" target=\"_blank\">One In Five Americans Has Hearing Loss</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">11/15/11 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Nearly a fifth of all Americans 12 years or older have hearing loss so severe that it may make communication difficult, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers and published in the Nov. 14 Archives of Internal Medicine...</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/237166.php\" target=\"_blank\">Protect Your Hearing On Bonfire Night, UK</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">11/04/11 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Each year on November 5th, individuals from across the UK gather to celebrate Bonfire Night\'s fun, festivities, and fireworks. However in order to enjoy the night in complete safety, the national charity Deafness Research UK is urging indiv..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/235320.php\" target=\"_blank\">Implant Brings Hearing To Deaf 29 Year Old Woman</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">10/01/11 from <a href=\"http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?category=79\" target=\"_blank\">Hearing/Deafness News From Medical News Today</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Sloan Churman, 29, who was born profoundly deaf, wept when she heard her own voice and laughter for the first time after having a hearing device implanted nine weeks ago. Churman, who used to use hearing aids to capture some rudimentary sou..</span><br /></p><!-- Footer --></div><script type=\"text/javascript\">/* <![CDATA[ */document.write(\"<img style=\'display:none;\' src=\'http://hits.informer.com/log.php?id=44&amp;r=\"+ Math.round(100000 * Math.random()) + \"\' />\");/* ]]> */</script><script type=\"text/javascript\">/* <![CDATA[ */document.write(\"<img style=\'display:none;\' src=\'http://174.37.54.170:81/statistics/logging/EZM7ACOYMN?type=exist&amp;r=\"+ Math.round(100000 * Math.random()) + \"\' />\");/* ]]> */</script><div class=\"fdpoweredby\" style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 10px; font-family: sans-serif\"><a style=\"color: #888\" href=\"http://feed.informer.com\" target=_blank>Powered by Feed Informer</a></div>";
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