Photo credit: MART PRODUCTION by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition According to a recent CNN article that comments on a new paper in The Lancet, treatment of hearing loss with hearing aids may cut dementia risk in half (the article is open access but one...
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Hearing loss is associated with fatigue in middle-aged and older adults
Photo credit: RDNE Stock project by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The July 6, 2023, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery includes an article from Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of...
An unexpected doorway to the ear opens new possibilities for hearing restoration
Photo credit: Karolina Grabowska by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Last month, the University of Rochester reported on research done at its Center for Translational Neuromedicine and at the University of Copenhagen that may provide a new way to deliver...
What musicians can teach us about noise and hearing loss
Photo credit: Athena by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Musicians know a lot about noise and what it does to their hearing. That’s the topic discussed in a report on CNET by writer Jessica Rendall. She reports that noise causes hearing loss...
Is anyone listening? Can anyone hear me?
Photo credit: cottonbro studio by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition When you speak in person, you know if people are paying attention to what you are saying. If you are speaking on a Zoom meeting, that isn’t as clear. And if your write an article that is...
Scientists regenerate cochlear hair cells
Photo credit: Karolina Grabowska by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Mammals hear through a complex mechanism whereby sound pressure waves are transmitted from the tympanic membrane, or ear drum, through the small bones in the middle ear to the cochlea,...
Hearing loss may affect the brain
Photo credit: Anna Shvets by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This interesting essay on Medpagetoday discusses something we have recently covered , the possible effect of hearing loss on developing dementia. The author is Shannon Halloway, RN, PhD, who does...
Sen. Fetterman gets hearing aids
This photo is in the public domain by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, recently treated for a stroke and depression, was fitted with hearing aids due to sensorineural hearing loss. The...
Zebrafish may help unlock the genetics of human deafness
Photo credit: Oregon State University licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This article in the current issue of Acoustics Today, a publication of the Acoustical Society of America, discusses how the zebrafish, a freshwater minnow...