The Diabetes and Hearing Loss Connection


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Hearing health should be included in good diabetes management, says the Better Hearing Institute (BHI). Studies show that people with diabetes are about twice as likely to develop hearing loss. Yet hearing tests are frequently overlooked in routine diabetes care. Hearing depends on small blood vessels and nerves in the inner ear. Researchers theorize that

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Could Heart Problems and Deafness Have Influenced Beethoven’s Music?


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According to researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Washington, Ludwig von Beethoven’s musical compositions might have been affected by both his deafness and an irregular heartbeat caused by cardiac arrhythmia. The researchers postulate that, due to his deafness, Beethoven was highly attuned to the rhythm of his own heartbeat. According to

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Musical Playing May Help Kids’ Brain Development


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According to a recent study from the University of Vermont College of Medicine, learning to play the violin or piano may help youth brain development by providing added benefits in key behavioral areas of the cortex. The team specializing in child psychiatry published a research article in the September 3, 2014 online edition of the Journal

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“I only need to wear my hearing aids when I go out”


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“I only need to wear my hearing aids when I go out”  is one of the worst things you can think or do for yourself once you have made the decision to wear hearing aids. The majority of our hearing is done in the brain and not with our ears. This is why it is

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