Healthy Living Audiology/Hearing Content

• YouTube for Do-It-Yourself Vertigo Treatment?

  

  Posted 10:26 PM 7/23/2012

  July 23, 2012 -- Watching self-help videos on the popular Internet site YouTube may help some people with vertigo treat themselves.

  A new study found 33 videos showing the Epley maneuver. This maneuver is often used by heath care providers to help those with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, or BPPV.

  The researchers (More)
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• Tinnitus Relief: Therapy Mix Helps Ringing in Ears

  

  Posted 10:54 PM 5/24/2012

  May 24, 2012 -- Combining parts of two established treatments for tinnitus in a new way can work, according to new research.

  Tinnitus is a persistent ringing or buzzing in the ears that can be debilitating.

  Researcher Rilana Cima of Maastricht (More)
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• Chew on This: Gum May Prevent Ear Infections

  

  Posted 9:59 PM 11/17/2011

  Nov. 17, 2011 -- Middle ear infections are common during early childhood, but the simple strategy of chewing gum with the sweetener xylitol just may be an effective way to help prevent them.

  Based on their review of three studies of healthy children from Finland, researchers found that there is "fair evidence" to support the conclusion that kids who chew gum (More)
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• Hearing Loss Bugs 1 in 5 Americans

  

  Posted 5:03 PM 11/15/2011

  Nov. 15, 2011 -- One in five Americans aged 12 and older has hearing loss that interferes with their ability to communicate, according to new research.

  "It's a pretty shocking number," says study researcher Frank R. Lin, MD, PhD, of Johns Hopkins University. The one in five, or about 48 million, have hearing loss in one or both (More)
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• Swimmer's Ear Costs U.S. Half a Billion Yearly

  

  Posted 10:40 PM 5/19/2011

  May 19, 2011 -- Swimmers often regard inflammation of the external ear canal, known as swimmer's ear, as an inevitable, minor nuisance. But a new study finds that the problem adds substantially to health care costs and the number of annual doctor visits.

  "For swimmer's ear, there are 2.4 million health care visits and it costs half a billion dollars in health care (More)
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• Hearing Loss Is High, but Hearing Aid Use Is Low

  

  Posted 8:50 PM 3/1/2011

  March 1, 2011 -- Almost two out of three U.S. adults age 70 or older have significant hearing loss, according to a new study.

  Researchers at Johns Hopkins University say that 63% of 717 participants age 70 and over in their study had hearing loss, ranging from mild to severe.

  But while 64% of white people in the study had hearing (More)
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• Who's at Risk for Hearing Loss?

  

  Posted 9:37 PM 2/24/2011

  Feb. 23, 2011 -- Certain heart disease risk factors, heredity, and having a noisy job are associated with hearing loss in middle-aged adults, a new study shows.

  Researchers analyzed information on 3,285 people ranging in age from 21 to 84 (More)
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• Hearing Loss May Be Linked to Alzheimer's

  

  Posted 8:02 PM 2/14/2011

  Feb. 14, 2011 -- Older adults who experience hearing loss may be at increased risk of developing dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. And the risk of dementia likely increases as hearing loss worsens.

  Those are among the major findings of a new study aimed at addressing possible solutions to the exploding problem of dementia, which is estimated will afflict 100 million people worldwide by the year 2050.

  The researchers say that interventions that (More)
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• Early Antibiotics Help Ear Infections in Young Children

  

  Posted 9:59 PM 1/12/2011

  Jan. 12, 2011 -- Young children with ear infections recover faster and more completely if doctors give antibiotics right away rather than waiting to see if the kids get better on their own.

  The findings come from two clinical trials, one in the U.S. and one in Finland. For young children with middle ear infections -- (More)
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• Driving Convertibles Can Hurt Hearing

  

  Posted 9:40 PM 1/6/2011

  Jan. 6, 2011 -- Driving a convertible with the top down may seem like fun, but people who go 55 miles per hour or faster may be increasing the risk of hearing loss over time, new research indicates.

  That's due in part to the noise of the wind, but also to extreme noise "spikes" heard when passing loud vehicles, such as a bus or motorcycle.

  The study used noise level standards of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, which says (More)
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