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Want a Better Listener? Protect Those Ears For football fans, the indelible image of last month’s Super Bowl might have been quarterback Drew Brees’s fourth-quarter touchdown pass… By JOYCE COHEN February 27 1

New Clues to Human Deafness Found in Mice Providing clues to deafness, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a gene that is… By Washington University School of Medicine February 27 1

Suppressing Tinnitus With Music Therapy Subjective tinnitus, the ringing or other noise that often accompanies noise-related hearing loss, is a tough problem to treat. But… By HENRY FOUNTAIN February 27 1

Hearing Loss Grows Among Teenagers One in five teenagers suffer from at least slight hearing loss, a significant rise from a decade ago, when the… By RONI CARYN RABIN February 27 1

How Mitochondrial DNA Defects Cause Inherited Deafness Yale scientists have discovered the molecular pathway by which maternally inherited deafness appears to occur: Mitochondrial DNA mutations trigger a… By Yale University February 27 1

Lifelines for People With Hearing Loss Hearing loss, a disability currently untreated in about 85 percent of those affected, may be the nation's most damaging and… By JANE E. BRODY February 27 1

Millions 50 and Older Suffering Hearing Loss but Not Using Aids Of the 4.5 million 50- to 59-year-olds in the United States experiencing hearing loss, only about 4.3 percent are using… By Enjoli Francis February 27 1

Hearing Loss Is Common but Often Ignored Nearly two-thirds of Americans 70 and older suffer from hearing loss that ranges from mild to severe, according to what… By RONI CARYN RABIN February 27 1

When to Worry if a Child Has Too Few Words There is nothing simple about speech, and there is nothing simple about speech delay — starting with the challenge of… By PERRI KLASS February 27 1

What to Do When a Newborn Can't Hear The 8-year-old boy already had hearing aids when I met him, back in the 1990s. He had been born before… By PERRI KLASS February 27 1

Cochlear Implants May Be Safe, Effective for Organ Transplant Patients Cochlear implants may be a safe, effective option for some organ transplant patients who've lost their hearing as an unfortunate… By Kenneth Charles Iverson, Brian John McKinnon February 27 1

Tinnitus: New Evidence Touch-Sensing Nerve Cells May Fuel 'Ringing in the Ears' ANWe all know that it can take a little while for our hearing to bounce back after listening to our… By University of Michigan Health System February 27 1

Music Training May Delay Hearing and Memory Loss A new study suggests lifelong musical experiences can retard certain aspects of the aging process. Specifically, Northwestern University scientists discovered… By Rick Nauert February 27 1

First FDA-Approved Study of Stem Cells to Treat Hearing Loss Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital and Cord Blood Registry® (CBR) are launching the first FDA-approved, Phase I safety study on the… From hearingreview.com February 2

Tinnitus Discovery Could Lead to New Ways to Stop the Ringing Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are offering hope to the 10 percent of the population who suffer from… From sciencedaily.com February 2