Are Women Better Than Men at Explaining Their Hearing Loss?


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According to a study from Harvard University and Massachusetts Eye and Ear in Boston, women may be better than men at explaining their hearing loss. The study, which surveyed 337 patients in a Massachusetts hearing clinic, found that the women were two times more likely than the men to tell others about their hearing loss, and

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Gene Discovery Offers Clues About Restoring Hearing and Balance


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Our inner ear contains hair cells that are important for hearing and balance. Unfortunately, as in all mammals, one of their features is that the final number of hair cells is reached before we are even born. From then on, loud noise, trauma, infections and aging take their toll, until loss of hair cells impairs

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Eating Fish May Reduce Risk of Hearing Loss


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Eating fish regularly may lower your risk of suffering hearing loss. That finding was reported by Sharon G. Curhan, MD, of the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and her four co-authors in a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.   The researchers drew upon data collected from more than

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