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Hearing loss, loneliness accelerate dementia risk in elderly: Study
Researchers from UNIGE in Switzerland showed that isolation, communication difficulties, reduced alertness, and hearing impairment or loss are a real...
Here’s how earphones and earpods can damage your hearing
12 Aug 2024 6:00 PM ISTProlonged exposure to loud volumes through headphones or earphones significantly increases the risk of permanent hearing loss.
Study pinpoints role of zinc behind noise induced hearing loss
14 Feb 2024 9:46 AM ISTBesides the feeling of ringing ears, some people experience temporary or even permanent hearing loss or drastic changes in their perception of sound
New estimate shows rural Americans & men are more likely to suffer...
29 Jan 2024 10:37 AM ISTMILWAUKEE: A new estimate shows hearing loss affects approximately 37.9 million Americans and is more common in rural areas than urban ones and in men...
New gene therapy restores hearing in kids with hereditary deafness
25 Jan 2024 2:30 PM ISTHearing loss affects more than 1.5 billion people worldwide, with congenital deafness making up about 26 million of those individuals
Chronic childhood ear infections can delay language development: Study
22 Jan 2024 5:45 PM ISTNew research from the University of Florida scientists reveals that when ear infections become chronic, this repeated, temporary hearing loss can lead...
Video gamers may suffer irreversible hearing loss and tinnitus: Study
17 Jan 2024 2:45 PM ISTThe researchers concluded that gaming headphones can reach unsafe listening levels, “which could place some gamers at risk of sound-induced hearing...
Study explains how hearing loss is linked with dementia
22 Nov 2023 5:00 PM ISTHearing loss, which affects more than 60 per cent of adults aged 70 and older, is known to be related to an increased risk of dementia. The reason for...