Remember that you are not alone. Stay positive. Take action to manage your tinnitus. My advice: try hearing aids with tinnitus therapy and other masking techniques (like a sound machine), join support groups, and shift your focus and stay busy.
Hearing Aid Use Improves Brain Processing Over Time
The brain adjusts quickly to amplified sound—that’s a good thing. But the brain’s ability to fully interpret amplified signals in a meaningful way requires a longer period of time. The typical hearing aid trial period is 30 days, so the hearing aid user may not be experiencing the full benefits of amplification at the end of that period.
A Water Lover’s Guide to Ear Care
Frequent swimming and surfing—especially in cold water—can leave your ears prone to certain conditions. But an ounce of precaution can provide an ocean of protection. Here’s how.
Protocols for Preparing Mouse Balance Organs for Research
One challenge in studying vestibular organs is their location within the bony inner ear and their small size, especially in mice, which have become an advantageous mammalian model.
Make Peace With Earwax
Ideally, earwax takes care of itself. The number one thing to do with regard to earwax is to do nothing.
Clues to How the Auditory Cortex Controls Subcortical Circuits
Our results may provide broadly generalizable insight into how the mammalian brain dynamically processes incoming sensory information.
Hearing Health Foundation Mourns the Passing of Neil Segil, Ph.D.
Neil Segil, Ph.D., died peacefully in his sleep on July 2 at his home in California. He had been battling pancreatic cancer and was able to spend the last couple of months at home with his family. Neil’s contributions to science, HHF’s Hearing Restoration Project, and many colleagues’ careers were invaluable.
If Only We Could See the Noise Exposure
With a noisy holiday on the horizon (hello, fireworks!), let’s remember how too much noise poses a risk to our hearing and overall well-being, and how we should protect our hearing, for life.
Bluetooth Assistive Listening Gets Closer
Auracast, formerly known as Bluetooth LE Audio Sharing, will allow multiple users to connect to a Bluetooth signal. This will make Bluetooth a competitor with FM, infrared, hearing loop, and WiFi audio assistive listening systems.
Perceptual Decision-Making for Speech Recognition in Noise
Our study indicates that perceptual decision-making is engaged for difficult word recognition conditions, and that frontal cortex activity may adjust how much information is collected to benefit word recognition task performance.