June 15, 2022

Around 15 percent of the world’s population suffers from tinnitus, a condition which causes someone to hear a sound (such as ringing...

June 15, 2022 / Hearing

Millions of years ago, all mammals lived on land, but at some point, several species left land and evolved to...

June 9, 2022

Researchers from Uppsala University have been able to document and visualise hearing loss-associated genes in the human inner ear, in...

March 6, 2022

Hearing loss doesn’t just mean an older adult needs to turn up the TV. It’s been linked to a range...

March 6, 2022

There has to date been no reliable objective method of diagnosing tinnitus. Researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now show...

March 1, 2022

The sensory cells in the inner ear and the touch receptors in the skin actually have a lot in common,...

February 22, 2022

Deterioration in speech understanding when the speaker is wearing a mask mainly has visual causes. They are even more significant...

February 15, 2022

Exposure to loud noise, such as a firecracker or an ear-splitting concert, is the most common preventable cause of hearing...

January 25, 2022

Over 5% of the world’s population (430 million people) require rehabilitation to address their “disabling” hearing loss, according to the...

January 18, 2022

In a narrow medical school hallway, Matt Stewart opened a large cabinet to reveal dozens of shelves stacked with wooden...