Medical

Editor: Here’s some exciting news regarding a gene therapy breakthrough from the UK. It sounds promising, but I want to caution readers that, in the… Read More »Deafness Research UK excited about gene therapy breakthrough

Scientists at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered that many of the children who have ear tubes inserted because of infections don’t need… Read More »Many Kids Get Unnecessary Ear Tubes

A recent HealthScout (www.healthscout.com) article described the progression to younger and younger people being diagnosed with irreversible hearing loss. Many years ago, a “typical” hearing… Read More »Hearing Loss Patients Becoming Younger

January 2011 NIH-funded researchers were able to eliminate tinnitus in a group of rats by stimulating a nerve in the neck while simultaneously playing a… Read More »Rebooting the Brain Helps Stop the Ring of Tinnitus in Rats

Editor: Some of the proposed hearing loss treatments involve delivering precise quantities of chemicals to a very tiny region of the cochlea. I don’t know… Read More »Implanted Pump May Assist Hearing Loss Treatment

See also our coverage of hair cell regeneration, some of which which includes stem cell applications. November 2005 – Stem cells could cure deafness in ten… Read More »Can Stem Cells Cure Deafness?

By Curtis Dickinson Editor: You’ve probably read some of Curtis’ thoughts here in the past, and I bet you’ve been impressed with what he has… Read More »Help for Sore, Irritated, Infected Ears/Ear Canals