News on Hearing Loss and Deafness

End Tinnitus

2010-03-13T06:48:43Z

Tinnitus, an incessant ringing, swooshing, humming, or other sound in the ears with no outside source, is fairly common and is known to affect almost 2 percent of the population. More people have an occasional bout with tinnitus. If your tinnitus is severe and constant, you do want to find a ?cure? and end your tinnitus, which can be maddening.<br><br>The first step in ending tinnitus is to find the cause of it. Tinnitus is often times a symptom of something else going on in your ...

Tinnitus Causes

2010-03-12T00:46:48Z

There are many tinnitus causes. Some are common and others are inevitable, as with hearing loss and the body?s natural aging process. Some are easily remedied. If tinnitus has become a constant and serious problem, you should have a thorough hearing and ear examination. Many health conditions can cause tinnitus to increase in severity. Sometimes, no causes of tinnitus is ever found. Below are some of the more common tinnitus causes.<br><br>Aging. Many people begin to lose their ac...

Music class may benefit kids with cochlear implants

2010-03-10T11:17:04Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Music class may help improve certain types of sound perception in deaf children who have cochlear implants, a new study hints.</p><p>Cochlear implants are small electronic devices that can give a sense of sound to people who are deaf or severely hard-of-hearing, helping them to understand speech and other sounds in their environment. The implants work by bypassing the dam...

Tinnitus and Stress

2010-03-10T11:27:59Z

Does stress increase and accelerate the intensity (and volume) of tinnitus or does tinnitus accelerate and intensify stress? Both are correct; tinnitus and stress are very much intertwined. Tinnitus stress can be stress caused by tinnitus or tinnitus caused by stress. Stress tinnitus actually means the same thing as tinnitus stress.<br><br>If you suffer from tinnitus stress, you probably have noticed that the buzzing, ringing, swooshing or whatever noise is yours, increases when y...

Common painkillers might make you hard of hearing

2010-03-05T16:16:03Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Loud music or noise isn't the only thing that can damage your hearing. A new study in men hints that popping over-the-counter painkillers regularly can also lead to hearing loss, especially in younger men.</p><p>In the study, researchers found that men younger than age 50 who regularly took acetaminophen more than two times a week had roughly double the risk of hearing lo...

YouTube extends automatic video captioning

2010-03-04T15:17:05Z

<div><p>YouTube, in a significant development for millions of deaf Internet users, extended automatic caption capability Thursday to all English-language videos on the video-sharing website.</p><p>YouTube users have been able to manually add captions to videos since 2008 and in November of last year the site began offering machine-generated captions for about a dozen partner channels.</p><p>Hiroto Tokusei, ...

Study finds drop in age-related hearing problems

2010-02-22T14:45:43Z

<div><p>Sweet news for baby boomers: Despite all those warnings that loud rock music would damage their ears, their generation appears to have better hearing than their parents did.</p><p>In fact, a new study suggests that the rate of hearing problems at ages ranging from 45 to 75 has been dropping for years, at least among white Americans.</p><p>"I'm less likely to have a hearing loss when I get to be 70 years o...

Tinnitus Miracle Book Review

2010-02-22T14:55:50Z

Author: polewoa

The following Tinnitus Miracle review discusses the benefits of using Tinnitus Miracle and the effectiveness of this product on treating tinnitus.

Tinnitus Miracle is the 3-step tinnitus eradication program designed by Thomas Coleman. Coleman, a medical researcher, nutritionist, and health consultant developed the Tinnitus Miracle system after years of attempting every treat...

A REVIEW OF TINNITUS MIRACLE

2010-02-22T14:56:10Z

Author: polewoa

Tinnitus miracle: it takes you by the hand, and shows you step by step the easiest and most unique holistic methods to cure your tinnitus.

The program is the brain child of chronic long time sufferer Thomas Coleman after 12 years of trial, error and experimentation he developed “a sure-fire, 100% guaranteed, clinically researched system that is backed by 45,000+ hours of nut...

Tinnitus Miracle Review - Is this for real?

2010-02-22T14:56:22Z

Author: polewoa

Tinnitus Miracle is the Best Selling Tinnitus Cure Book in Internet History. Thousands of Satisfied Men and Women in 127 Countries Worldwide have been released from the sound in their ears by Tinnitus Miracle.

These men and women have gotten rid of the ringing sounds in their ears naturally, without drugs or risky surgery simply by using the clinically proven step by step method found inside the Tinnitus Miracle guidebook.

Click Here t...

Tinnitus Miracle A SCAM?

2010-02-22T14:56:34Z
Author: polewoa
Is Tinnitus Miracle guide a scam? This is the current best selling ebook for tinnitus cure in the online digital products marketplace. This site actually does very little marketing and most of its sales are generated through word of mouth by customers who have used the method to cure their tinnitus problem. Thousands of men and women, including myself, have discovered how to benefit from this program to stop all the root causes of tinnitus.

C...

Cutting caffeine won't quiet ringing in the ears

2010-02-22T17:30:29Z
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you suffer from ringing in the ears, imbibing caffeine won't make it worse, and giving up caffeinated beverages won't make it better, new research from the UK shows.</p><p>There's a widespread belief that kicking caffeine can help ease ringing in the ears, also called tinnitus. ...

?But, I Don?t Need a Hearing Aid...?

2010-02-22T23:56:00Z

Hearing loss can be the result of genetics, advancing age, prolonged noise, and many other factors. And it is a lot more common than you might think!<br><br>In fact, more than twenty-five million people in the U.S. alone have trouble hearing. The vast majority could certainly benefit from wearing a hearing aid. Yet many are hesitant to do it. Why are so many people reluctant to get a solution that will almos...

Hearing Aids: How to Choose the Best One For You

2010-02-22T23:56:01Z

If you find yourself missing things in conversation or have a hard time hearing clearly in noisy places, you might need a hearing aid. But not all hearing devices are created equally. You?ll find tremendous differences in quality, style, features, and cost. This guide will help you choose what?s right for you.<br><br>TYPES OF HEARING AIDS<br>If you?ve never looked into hearing aids before, you might be overwhelmed by the choices. However, hearing devi...

NH House approves mandating hearing aid coverage

2010-02-23T00:34:44Z
<div id="subtitle">New Hampshire House approves mandatory $1,500 coverage for hearing aids every 3 years</div><div><p>Insurance policies sold in New Hampshire will be required to provide $1,500 in coverage for hearing aids every three years under a bill approved by the House.</p><p>The House voted 209-157 Wednesday to mandate the coverage over the objectio...

NH House considers mandating hearing aid coverage

2010-02-23T00:36:43Z
<div id="subtitle">New Hampshire House considers mandatory $1,500 coverage for hearing aids every 3 years</div><div><p>Insurance policies sold in New Hampshire would be required to provide $1,500 in coverage for hearing aids every three years under a bill being considered by the House.</p><p>The House votes Wednesday whether to mandate the coverage over th...

Open Fit or Standard Fit Hearing Aids --Whats the Difference

2010-02-23T01:01:00Z

If it is decided you need a Hearing Aid after having a hearing test, you will find that there is now a wide choice. Not only are there various styles of Hearing Aids, such as Behind the Ear, In the Ear, In the Channel and Completely in the Channel, but there is now a further choice between Open Fit and Standard Fit Hearing Aids.<br><br>Standard Hearing Aids have changed considerably over the last few years, especially due to the miniaturisation of the Electronics w...

Will Open Fit Hearing Aids Give Me Perfect Hearing

2010-02-23T01:01:35Z

No Hearing Aid can ever restore your hearing to what it was before you suffered some hearing loss.<br><br>Most hearing loss is caused either by a person getting older or trauma to the ear by illness or accident. Hearing Aids have been used by the hearing impaired for some considerable time. Over the years they have changed as technologies are improved and also the expectations of the general public have increased. The basic Hearing Aid (Analogue) collected the soun...

Before You Buy a Hearing Aid - Have You Thought it Through?

2010-02-23T01:01:36Z

Before you consider buying a Hearing Aid it is most important that you have been assessed by your GP and taken a hearing test. A hearing test will determine if your hearing loss is mild or profound, which can help decide the type of Hearing Aid available.<br><br>Before purchasing any Hearing Aid you should consider the following factors:-<br><br>How severe is your hearing loss in both level of sound and at which frequencies.<br&am...

Court Has Heard Enough in iPod Earbud Suit

2010-02-23T02:09:27Z
<div id="subtitle">Appeals court affirms 2008 dismissal of class action</div><div><p> A federal appeals court has unanimously tossed a class action alleging that Apple failed to warn consumers that using iPod earbud-style headphones at full volume can lead to hearing loss. The 3-0 ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affir...