A Link Between Iron Deficiency and Hearing Loss


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You may know how important it is to have iron in your diet for overall health, but a recent study showed a connection between a lack of iron and hearing health. The study followed 305,339 adults between the ages of 21 and 90 and found those with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) are twice as likely to

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Your Heart and Ears Have a Lot in Common


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People tend to take matters of the heart very seriously­­­­­, yet brush off hearing loss as inconsequential. But the truth is your heart and ears have a lot in common. In fact, decades of research point to a link between cardiovascular and hearing health. Specifically, Raymond H. Hull, PhD, professor of communication sciences and disorders

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Why You Shouldn’t Clean Your Ears with a Cotton Swab


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Cotton swabs may seem harmless enough, but they can be dangerous when used to clean your ears. Although some people swear by using cotton swabs (Q-Tips) to remove excess wax and debris from their ear canals, medical experts will warn you not to try it. They have seen many catastrophes resulting from using cotton swabs. From punctured

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Worldwide Hearing Index


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  In honor of World Hearing Day, Mimi Hearing Technologies, a Germany-based company that develops hearing enhancement technology for smartphones, analyzed data from their hearing test app and noise pollution data from the World Health Organization (WHO) in order to create the Worldwide Hearing Index. The data, collected from over 200,000 hearing tests worldwide, ranked average levels of hearing

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New Drug Show Promise to Restore Hearing


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An approach to regenerate inner ear sensory hair cells reportedly lays the groundwork for treating chronic noise-induced hearing loss by the company, Frequency Therapeutics,  which is drawing on research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), Harvard Medical School, Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In the February 21, 2017 edition of Cell

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