Posted on 27 December 2011. Tags: hearing, hyperacusis, Mario Hearing, Tinnitus
By Robert Mario Suffering from a “ringing in the ears” sounds benign enough on the scale of medical problems, but tinnitus and related hearing disorders that affect millions of Americans can become so severe that they lead to decreased life quality, anxiety, panic, depression and social isolation. Ringing in the ears, or tinnitus, is a […]
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Posted on 26 October 2011. Tags: age, hearing, loss, Mario Hearing, middle
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health researchers found that hearing loss in middle-aged adults is associated with being male, having a noisy job and having certain cardiovascular disease risk factors. Scott D. Nash, a researcher with the Department of Population Health Sciences at the School of Medicine and Public Health, found that one of […]
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Posted on 30 September 2011. Tags: Mario Hearing, music
Researchers from the University of Southampton are investigating how to help deaf people, who have received a cochlear implant, to get more enjoyment from music. Music professor David Nicholls and Dr Rachel van Besouw from the University’s Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR) have secured a grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council […]
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Posted on 24 May 2011. Tags: hearing, Mario Hearing, Robert Mario, speech
By Dr. Robert Mario Like the mute button on the TV remote control, our brains filter out unwanted noise so we can focus on what we’re listening to. But when it comes to our own speech, a new brain study from the University of California, Berkeley shows that instead of one mute button, we have […]
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Posted on 25 April 2011. Tags: Mario Hearing, Tinnitus
By Dr. Robert Mario Tinnitus appears to be produced by an unfortunate confluence of structural and functional changes in the brain, say neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center. The phantom ringing sounds heard by about 40 million people in the U.S. today are caused by brains that try, but fail to protect their human hosts […]
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Posted on 28 March 2011. Tags: hearing aids, MA, Mario Hearing, Robert Mario
Hearing aids take time and patience to use successfully. Know your hearing aid’s features. With your hearing specialist, practice putting in and taking out the aid, cleaning it, identifying right and left aids, and replacing the batteries. Ask how to test it in listening environments where you have problems. Adjust the aid’s volume and program […]
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