http://fcmilnes.co.uk Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:09:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Experience hearing a person's voice allows us to more easily hear what they are saying. Now research by UC Riverside psychology Professor Lawrence D. Rosenblum and graduate students Rachel M. Miller and Kauyumari Sanchez has shown that experience seeing a person's face also makes it easier to hear them. [click ... http://fcmilnes.co.uk/lipread-me-now-hear-me-better-later/ Have you ever walked by someone listening to their i-Pod loud enough for you recognize the song? Studies have shown noise-induced hearing loss is going to become the next big epidemic affecting our younger generation though the effects won't show until it is too late to treat. In addition to ... http://fcmilnes.co.uk/study-shows-isolation-of-stem-cells-may-lead-to-a-treatment-for-hearing-loss/ Soldiers exposed to the deafening din of battle have little defense against hearing loss, and are often reluctant to wear protective gear like ear plugs that could make them less able to react to danger. [click for full article] http://fcmilnes.co.uk/nutrients-might-prevent-hearing-loss-new-animal-study-suggests/ Modern hearing aids, though quite sophisticated, still do not faithfully reproduce sound as hearing people perceive it. New findings at the Weizmann Institute of Science shed light on a crucial mechanism for discerning different sound frequencies and thus may have implications for the design of better hearing aids.Research by Dr. ... http://fcmilnes.co.uk/a-thin-structure-in-the-inner-ear-responds-to-different-frequencies-suggests-new-research-may-change-design-of-hearing-aids/ On the battlefield, a soldier's hearing can be permanently damaged in an instant by the boom of an explosion, and thousands of soldiers returning from Iraq have some permanent hearing loss. But what if soldiers could take a pill before going on duty that would prevent damage to hearing?Research at ... http://fcmilnes.co.uk/antiepileptic-drugs-could-help-prevent-and-treat-noiseinduced-hearing-loss/ For those who pumped up the volume one too many times, UC Irvine researchers may have found a treatment for the hearing damage loud music can cause.Fan-Gang Zeng and colleagues have identified an effective way to treat the symptoms of tinnitus, a form of hearing damage typically marked by high-pitched ... http://fcmilnes.co.uk/lowpitch-treatment-alleviates-ringing-sound-of-tinnitus/