Hearing Impairment News Headlines

• Walter Reed Hearing to Put Spotlight on Kiley's Leadership
  Washington Post - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:00 EST
  
• 'Micropump' For Hearing-Loss Treatments
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• VA Officials Testify On Data Security Breaches At Hearing
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:00 EST
  
• Hearing Loss In Children Leads To Substantial Meningitis Risk
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Senators Question HHS Secretary Leavitt On Medicare Physician Reimbursements At Hearing On Budget Proposal
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Cost-effective hearing implants needed: Expers
  The Earth Times - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:09 EST
  
• EuroHear - Bringing The Genetic Basis Of Deafness To Light - An Interview With Jacques Remacle, Scientific Officer European Commission
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Surprising Airbag Hazards Among Research Findings At Hearing Safety Conference
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Corticosteroids help hearing-loss recovery
  The Earth Times - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:26 EST
  
• Senate Special Committee On Aging Hearing Discusses Medicare Budget Cuts, Premium Payments
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Texas House Adjourns HPV Vaccine Hearing With No Vote
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Low-Pitch Treatment Alleviates Ringing Sound Of Tinnitus
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Revealing The Machinery Underlying The 'Plastic' Juvenile Brain
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Decision Has Not Been Made About Office Of Women's Health Funding, FDA Commissioner Von Eschenbach Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Slander Hearing Against Bulgarian Nurses Sentenced To Death In HIV Infection Case Postponed
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Time, Therapy Spur Recovery From Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Medical Workers Sentenced To Death In Libyan HIV Infection Case Plead Not Guilty In Slander Hearing
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Genetic Hearing Loss May Be Reversible Without Gene Therapy
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Update On GM Rice Judicial Review, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Highmark Inc. Grant Supports Blindness Prevention For Children
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Experimental Vaccine Given During Pregnancy Reduces Stillbirths From Common Virus
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Do You Hear What I See? Research Finds Visually Stimulated Activity In Brain's Hearing ...
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Language Line Services Introduces Next Generation Of Video Interpreting Service For Health Care Providers
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Spring Is Time For Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Study Looks At Benefits Of Two Cochlear Implants In Deaf Children
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Genetic Hearing Loss May Be Reversible Without Gene Therapy
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Sense And Sensibility In Short-Term Memory
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Stem Cell Transplants Possible Treatment For Hearing Loss
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Experimental Vaccine Given During Pregnancy Reduces Stillbirths From Common Virus
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Stem Cell Transplants Explored As A Possible Treatment For Hearing Loss
  ScienceDaily - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Low-pitch Treatment Alleviates Ringing Sound Of Tinnitus
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Experimental Vaccine Given During Pregnancy Reduces Stillbirths from Common Virus - February 21, 2007
  National Institutes of Health - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:20 EST
  
• New approach for ringing sound of tinnitus
  The Earth Times - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:50 EST
  
• March Is Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Month; Experts Say Early Detection Is The Key To Saving Eyesight
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Rep. Stark Questions CMS Official On Medical Advantage Plan Reimbursements
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Secretary Nicholson Defends Department Of Veterans Affairs Budget, Mental Health Services Management
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Study Looks At Benefits Of 2 Cochlear Implants In Deaf Children
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Aging nation faces growing hearing loss
  CNN - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:25 EST
  
• House Subcommittee Holds Hearing On Bill To Ban Genetic Discrimination By Employers, Health Insurers
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Bracing for Job Re-entry
  Washington Post - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Robotic Exoskeleton Replaces Muscle Work
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Smell May Outlast Other Senses
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Robotic Exoskeleton Replaces Muscle Work
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Folate And B12 May Influence Cognition In Seniors
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Rep. Waxman To Investigate Profits Of Medicare Prescription Drug Plans, Whether Plans Pass Negotiated Savings On To Beneficiaries
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Hearing implants for under age 5 possible
  The Earth Times - Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:58 EST
  
• Scientists Identify Molecular Cause For One Form Of Deafness
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Democrats Focus On President Bush's SCHIP Funding, Eligibility Proposals
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Noise Echoes In Cell Communications
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
  
• High-dose Progesterone Treatment Reduces Preterm Delivery Risk
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Preterm Delivery Risk Reduced By High-Dose Progesterone Treatment
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Scientists Identify Molecular Cause For One Form Of Deafness
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Federally Funded Research on Cochlear Implants, Genetics of Hearing Loss, Hair Cell Generation Featured at ARO Conference in Denver - February 7, 2007
  National Institutes of Health - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:17 EST
  
• Mezey -v- South West London & St. George's Mental Health NHS Trust, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Many Eligible Beneficiaries Not In Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Subsidy Program
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Outcomes Comparable For Younger And Older Children With Surgically Implanted Hearing Aids
  ScienceDaily - Sat, 20 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Lexicon Advances LX6171 For Cognitive Disorders Into Phase 1b Clinical Trial
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Folic Acid Slowed Hearing Loss In Special Elderly Population
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:00 EST
  
• Connecticut Business Reps, Advocates, Lawmakers Discuss Universal Health Care, Other Proposals; State Adopts EHRs For Medicaid Beneficiaries
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Outcomes Comparable For Younger And Older Children With Surgically Implanted Hearing Aids
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Novartis questions Indian patent law provisions
  The Earth Times - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:11 EST
  
• Senate HELP Committee Holds Hearing On Health Care Affordability, Chair Kennedy Says U.S. Should Adopt Universal Health Care System
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Folic acid may slow age-related hearing loss
  Reuters - Sun, 07 Jan 2007 12:49 EST
  
• Soldiers Exposed To Gunshot Noise Need Better Hearing Protection
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 25 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
  
• Folic Acid May Slow Age-Related Hearing Loss
  MedicineNet - Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Medicare, Social Security Obligations Could Harm Future U.S. Economy, Federal Reserve Chair Bernanke Says In Senate Testimony
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Folic Acid May Slow Hearing Loss
  WebMD - Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Ear tubes do not aid child development: study
  Reuters - Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:14 EST
  
• High uric acid levels linked to cognitive deficits
  Reuters - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:58 EST
  
• Ear tubes do not aid child development: U.S. study
  Reuters - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:21 EST
  
• Ear tubes do not aid child development:study
  Reuters - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:39 EST
  
• Federal Embryonic Stem Cell Policy Undermining Research, Researchers Testify; Senate Democrats Expected To Pass Own Version Of Bill
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Improved Neonatal Care Has Helped Reduce Prevalence Of Cerebral Palsy In Premature Babies
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Folic Acid May Slow Hearing Loss
  MedicineNet - Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:00 EST
  
• FTC Asks Lawmakers To Ban Agreements To Delay Market Entry Of Generic Medications
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Reps. Kennedy, Ramstad Promote Mental Health Parity Bill
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Social Workers May Indirectly Experience Post-traumatic Stress
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Sound Pharmaceuticals Announces The Successful Completion Of Its Phase I Clinical Trial For SPI-1005
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• High-normal Uric Acid Linked With Mild Cognitive Impairment In The Elderly
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• How Noisy Christmas Toys Can Damage Hearing
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:00 EST
  
• People-At-Risk For Alzheimer's Disease Identified By New Imaging Technique
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:00 EST
  
• Is Workers' Comp Fair? Research Finds No Link Between Cash Settlements, Future Impairment
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 31 Dec 2006 09:00 EST
  
• Lawmakers Question Medicare Policy On Anemia Drug Epogen During Congressional Hearing
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Parents advised to limit kids' use of noisy toys
  Reuters - Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:02 EST
  
• Parents advised to limit kids' use of noisy toys
  Reuters - Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:02 EST
  
• Sports-Arena Noise Can Damage Hearing
  MedicineNet - Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:00 EST
  
• House Committee Hearing To Address Medicare Reimbursements For Anemia Medications
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 08 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
  
• New Imaging Technique Identifies People At Risk For Alzheimer's Disease
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Sound of Laughter Tickles the Brain
  WebMD - Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:10 EST
  
• Major Visual Disorders In People Over 40 May Be Costing The US Economy Billions
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:00 EST
  
• Call centre staff 'hearing risk'
  BBC - Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:15 EST
  
• General Dental Council Seeks New Fitness To Practise Panel Members, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
  
• Sports-Arena Noise Can Damage Hearing
  WebMD - Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:00 EST
  
• Rowdy Hockey Fans Can Cause Hearing Damage, Say Researchers
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 07 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Panel weighs risk of drug-coated heart stents
  Reuters - Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:23 EST
  
• Panel weighs risk of drug-coated heart stents
  Reuters - Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:33 EST
  
• Brain's Fear Center Likely Shrinks In Autism's Most Severely Socially Impaired
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Washington, D.C., Council Holds Hearing On $245M Health Care Proposal
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 18 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Less Radiation Just As Effective In Fighting Brain Tumor, Saving Hearing, Study Shows
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Abortion-Rights Advocates, Opponents Object To Proposed Alabama Abortion Clinic Regulation Changes
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:00 EST