Scientists. Scientists are just like us, always searching for ways to improve hearing and quality of life. It all starts with understanding the mystery of hearing loss. This can take a lot of resources. We love it when important research projects get funding.
These are three amazing developments
PROCESSING OF AUDITORY
How does stress affect children’s ability to understand what they hear early in their lives? Northeast Ohio Medical University will be able to explore this issue with a $2.3 Million grant from the U.S. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health. This funding will allow Northeast Ohio Medical University to investigate the effects of stress in early life on auditory processing, especially for children with conductive hearing loss. According to the school’s website the research will “provide a focal point for future experiments to determine the best way to treat these perceptual issues in children.”
HEARING LOSS & TINNITUS
Some chemotherapy drugs are life-saving, but can also be harmful to the ears. A $5.7 million U.S. The National Cancer Institute grant of $5.7 million will allow Lois B. Travis (M.D.), Sc.D. at the Indiana University School of Medicine to continue her ongoing research. This study was designed to evaluate long-term health outcomes of patients with cancer who have received platinum-based chemotherapy. It may provide important insights into possible links between cancer treatment and hearing loss or tinnitus. Experts may be able to identify patients at higher risk for side effects and offer ways to minimize them. If you’re in the area, come visit Pensacola’s best hearing center.
HEARING HEALTH AND COVID-19
The University of Manchester in the UK is looking deeper, amid increasing reports of possible links between COVID-19 hearing loss and COVID-19. The school’s Manchester Center for Audiology and Deafness, which has received support from donors, is studying the long-term effects of COVID-19 on adults’ hearing ability. In a previous study conducted by one of the investigators, more than 10% of COVID-19 patients had experienced tinnitus and decreased hearing. We are eager to see the results of this research which may offer additional ways to preserve and protect hearing health.
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