Health ministry offers hope for hearing-impaired.
Byline: Kounteya Sinha NEW DELHI: It's a physical ailment that affects one out of every 12 Indians but has been long ignored. Now, the Union health ministry has decided to address the menace of deafness. India, where 25,000 children are born deaf every year, is...

Handbook of (Central) Auditory Processing Disorder, Volumes I and II.
Handbook of (Central) Auditory Processing Disorder, Volumes I and II. Edited by Frank E. Musieck, PhD, and Gail D. Chermak, PhD, CCC-A; published by Plural Publishing, Inc. Central auditory processing disorders are common, frequently unrecognized impairments in neural processing of auditory stimuli. They may affect...

Niquette P: Hearing protection for musicians.
Niquette P: Hearing protection for musicians. Hearing Rev 2006;13(3). http://www.hearingreview.com/Articles. ASP?articleid=H0603F06. Most musicians will develop some degree of music-induced hearing loss over the course of their careers. Other music industry professionals also are at risk for cochlear damage and hearing loss. There are no known cures for...

Santucci M: Please welcome on stage ... Personal in-the-ear monitoring.
Santucci M: Please welcome on stage ... Personal in-the-ear monitoring. Hearing Rev 2006;13(3). http://www. hearingreview.com/Articles.ASP?articleid= H0603F07. Musicians need to hear themselves on stage over myriad competing sound sources. Traditional wedge-shaped loudspeaker monitors on stage present a variety of problems for performers, audience, and sound engineers alike. The...

An ear for music? It's pretty risky!
Byline: Priyanka Tiwari According to a recent research, prolonged use of iPods and high wattage music can cause hearing loss. There's a flip side to everything, so also this. After having explored the therapeutic effects of music, a research carried in the North American Journal...

Chasin M: Hearing aids for musicians.
Chasin M: Hearing aids for musicians. Hearing Rev 2006;13(3). http://www. hearingreview.com/Articles.ASP?articleid= H0603F02. Understanding and managing the four physical differences between speech and music will allow the hearing health care professional to select appropriate hearing aid circuitry, thus approximating the electroacoustic parameters to provide maximum enjoyment of music...

Henderson D, Bielefeld EC, Harris KC, Hu BH: The role of oxidative stress in noise-induced hearing loss.
Henderson D, Bielefeld EC, Harris KC, Hu BH: The role of oxidative stress in noise-induced hearing loss. Ear Hearing 2006:27(1):1-19. Modern research has provided new insights into the biological mechanisms of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), and with them comes hope for possible prevention or treatment. Underlying the...

People in vicinity of blast sites face hearing problems.
MUMBAI: Virar resident Jenema Fernandes is trying hard to put memories of the July 11 Matunga blast behind her, but the ringing pain in her ears simply refuses to go away. A managerial executive, 39-year-old Jenema left her Churchgate office earlier than usual that day, only to...

Titanium oxide-based prosthesis for inner ear.
Investigators in Germany have developed ossicular chain (the malleus, incus and stapes bones in the middle ear) replacement prosthesis made from titanium oxide (titania or Ti[O.sub.2]). Though still in the animal stages of experimentation, M. Stieve and colleagues from the Hannover Medical School, tested the titania implants...

Soliant Health To Exhibit at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Soliant Health(R), the healthcare staffing unit of MPS Group, Inc. , today announced that it will participate at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference (ASHA) in Miami, Florida, November 16-18. ASHA is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 123,000...