About ▼ Careers Internship MedBlog Contact us

LOGIN REGISTER

Medindia » Audiometry

Audiometry News, Research and Latest Updates

Keep abreast with the latest news related to Audiometry there are 181 news items on Audiometry that covers updates, breakthroughs and in-depth reports.

We provide you with a free downloadable secure widget for your website to carry news related to Audiometry.

Audiometry

Audiometry or the hearing test helps to determine the ability of a person to hear various sounds and consequently identify the location of damage in a person with diminished hearing sensitivity.

New Theory Explains Link Between Hearing Loss and Dementia

New Theory Explains Link Between Hearing Loss and Dementia

A disorder of the ear characterized by hearing loss, can lead to dementia. This understanding can be used to understand Alzheimer's disease better and find ways to prevent illness in the future.

Link Between Hearing Loss and Neurocognitive Deficits

Link Between Hearing Loss and Neurocognitive Deficits

Childhood cancer survivors with severe hearing loss were found to be at a higher risk for neurocognitive deficits, stated new study.

Age-Related Hearing Loss Caused by Loss of Hair Cells, Study

Age-Related Hearing Loss Caused by Loss of Hair Cells, Study

The degree and location of hair cell death predict the severity and pattern of hearing loss or presbycusis, while stria vascularis damage does not. The recent progress in the development of therapies to regenerate missing hair cells is essential in reversing presbycusis.

Advertisement

Study Shows How Hearing Loss in Old Age Affects the Brain

Study Shows How Hearing Loss in Old Age Affects the Brain

New research has studied the brain of mice that exhibit hereditary hearing loss, similar to age related hearing loss in humans.

Hearing Loss Prevented Using Chemical Earmuffs'

Hearing Loss Prevented Using Chemical Earmuffs'

Researchers have identified a receptor that, when blocked, can prevent a common type of hearing loss.

New Genes Responsible for Age-related Hearing Loss Identified

New Genes Responsible for Age-related Hearing Loss Identified

Researchers analysed genetic data of 250,000 participants of the UK Biobank aged 40-69 years to see which genes were associated hearing problems.

Advertisement

Chronic Hearing Loss Linked to Speech Recognition Difficulties

Chronic Hearing Loss Linked to Speech Recognition Difficulties

Ear infections and conditions that cause chronic conductive hearing loss may lead to nerve degeneration when left untreated.

New Guideline to Improve Awareness on Sudden Hearing Loss

New Guideline to Improve Awareness on Sudden Hearing Loss

A new guideline to improve implementation and awareness on sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) has been issued by The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation.

Hearing Loss among Elderly Worsens Mental, Physical and Social Complications

Hearing Loss among Elderly Worsens Mental, Physical and Social Complications

Hearing loss among aging populations showed that it might worsen mental, physical, and social complications. It limits their activities of daily living. Being tied to communication, it leads to communication barriers and eventually leads to cognitive decline.

Advertisement

Malaria Drug to Alleviate Hearing Loss in Genetic Disorders

Malaria Drug to Alleviate Hearing Loss in Genetic Disorders

Classic anti-malarial drug can help sensory cells of the inner ear recognize and transport an essential protein to specialized membranes using established pathways within the cell.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ..19

Download Audiometry News Widget

Recommended Reading

Quiz on Hearing Loss

Quiz on Hearing Loss

A little difficulty in hearing is natural with the aging process but if the auditory damage occurs because of other reasons, it can be a cause for concern. Take this quiz to find out how much you know about hearing ...

Ear Pain - Symptom Evaluation

Ear Pain - Symptom Evaluation

Ear pain is either due to a condition that affects the ear, or is referred from the surrounding areas. Common causes of ear pain include ear infection, trauma or inflammation of the ear.

Acute Ear Infection

Acute Ear Infection

Ear infection is very common in babies and young children. The type of ear discharge depends on the underlying cause.

Meniere's Disease

Meniere's Disease

Meniere's disease is a condition of unknown cause in which the patient experiences symptoms of vertigo, hearing loss, tinnitus and a feeling of fullness in the ears.

Special School Shows How to Help Hearing Impaired Children

Special School Shows How to Help Hearing Impaired Children

Kids with hearing impairment can be rehabilitated to live normal life with appropriate intervention by trained professionals and cooperative parents. 'Little Flower Convent for the Deaf' shows how….

Hearing Tests in Newborns

Hearing Tests in Newborns

Ideally, screening tests for hearing loss should be conducted before the infant is 1 month of age.

Anatomy of Ear and Hearing - Animation

Anatomy of Ear and Hearing - Animation

Ear converts sound waves into electrical impulses that are transmitted to the temporal lobe of the brain through the auditory nerve. It consists of outer, inner and middle sections.

Occupational Hearing Loss

Occupational Hearing Loss

Noise-Induced hearing loss is one of the major avoidable causes of hearing loss and is also one of the major occupational hazards.

Otosclerosis is an abnormal remodeling of bone near the middle ear that can cause hearing impairment. Otosclerosis usually affects the stapes bone, which rests its footplate exactly on the oval shaped membrane that covers the inner ear.

Cochlear Implants

Cochlear Implants

Cochlear implant a surgically implanted device is suitable for those with damaged inner ear (cochlea). It helps people with moderate to profound hearing loss.

Impedance / Immittance Audiometry

Impedance / Immittance Audiometry

Impedance audiometry, or tympanometry, includes the measurement of air pressure in auditory canal and middle ear and identify lesions in auditory neural pathway.

Ototoxicity / Ear Poisoning

Ototoxicity / Ear Poisoning

Ototoxicity is the hearing loss caused by drugs or substances that harm the hearing system. Ototoxic drugs may harm cochlea, vestibule or vestibulocochlear nerve.

Online Hearing Tests

Online Hearing Tests

Online hearing tests enable you to test your hearing to check slow or sudden hearing loss right at your home. The results of these hearing tests direct further action.

Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Noise-induced hearing loss is the hearing impairment that occurs due to noise exposure. Noise-related hearing loss is also listed among occupational illnesses.