New Drug Makes Potential Hearing Breakthrough
Hearing loss is a wide-reaching condition, affecting more than 48 million Americans. Scientists have been hard at work trying to figure out novel and exciting treatments for hearing loss. New mouse research out of Creighton University School of Medicine has identified a drug that may be able to protect against hearing loss. Chemotherapy and Hearing…
How to Find Relief from Tinnitus
Tinnitus is a phantom ringing, roaring, hissing, whistling, buzzing or humming sound in the ears. These sounds may be soft or loud, intermittent or persistent and in one ear or both. In other words, everyone experiences tinnitus differently. Because tinnitus is a symptom rather than a disease itself, it is impossible to cure unless the…
Are Leaf Blowers Harming Your Hearing?
We are now well into fall. That means pumpkin spiced lattes, Halloween decorations and piles and piles of fallen leaves. While brightly colored leaves are nice to look at, the tool most often used to control them, a gas-powered leaf blower, can do more harm than good, especially when it comes to your hearing. Why…
