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Hearing Loss May Be Associated With Use of Erectile Dysfunction Drug Viagra, Study Finds

Wednesday 1. September Research by a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) professor shows an association between hearing loss and the use of the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. Findings in Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery indicate a potential...

Noisy Toys Can Be Dangerous

Wednesday 25. August

With all the emphasis on lead paint in recalled toys, health advocates say another, very real threat is being overlooked. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association warns that many popular toys can negatively affect hearing. When the...

Earplug Lets the Message Through

Thursday 19. August An earplug with a built-in computer that allows speech to pass but shuts out unwanted and hazardous noise will make life easier in noisy environments. The basic technology in the QUIETPRO earplug was developed at SINTEF ICT .The earplug...

Right ear is 'better for hearing'

Friday 13. August

If you want to get someone to do something, ask them in their right ear, say scientists. Italian researchers found people were better at processing information when requests were made on that side in three separate tests. They believe this is...

New Drug Restores Hearing After Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Rats

Thursday 5. August Researchers from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, have discovered that a potent new drug restores hearing after noise-induced hearing loss in rats. The landmark discovery found that injection of an agent called 'ADAC', activates adenosine...

Prolonged Mobile Phone Use May Be Linked to Tinnitus

Thursday 29. July

Regularly using a mobile phone for at least four years seems to be associated with a doubling in the risk of developing chronic tinnitus (persistent ringing/roaring/hissing in the ear), indicates a small study published online in Occupational and...

Henry Cooper's hearing had survived Muhammad Ali - but it was ageing nerves that landed the knock-out blow

Tuesday 20. July No sporting icon is more affable than Sir Henry Cooper - so it was a surprise to fans when he began shunning them in the street. And it was even more of a surprise to the former heavyweight boxing champ when he found out that's what he'd been...