Pharmaceuticals is pleased to announce that the pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial involving SPI-1005, a novel anti-inflammatory compound (ebselen), for the treatment of Meniere’s Disease (STOPMD-3), achieved its co-primary endpoints for efficacy involving improvements in hearing loss and speech ...
Treatments are in the works for decreasing the relentless clamor of tinnitus, rescuing hearing after noise exposure, reversing congenital deafness, and staving off age-related hearing loss. Some alternative therapies have already found a place in clinical care and may one day become the standard of...
Cover Story: Alternative Therapies: Building Better Treatments for Hearing Loss Cover Story: Alternative Therapies: Building Better Treatments for Hearing LossAn abstract is unavailable.doi:10.1097/01.HJ.0000422311.71664.f9PallaritoKarenHearing JournalPallarito, K. (2012). Alternative therapies: building ...
Indiana University scientists have transformed mouse embryonic stem cells into key structures of the inner ear. The discovery provides new insights into the sensory organ's developmental process and sets the stage for laboratory models of disease, drug discovery and potential treatments for hearing loss...
In this episode from ATTD 2023, hosts are joined by Joanne Rinker, MS, RDN, who provides perspective on hearing loss in diabetes, including prevalence, the need for screening, and the underecognition of auditory issues in the midst of a growing population of people with diabetes. ...
Quinine and other antimalarial drugs (e.g., quinidine, chloroquine, and hydroxychloroquine) have long been known for their ability to produce temporary hearing loss and tinnitus (e.g., Brummett, 1980; Brown et al., 1981). With the decline of malaria in the United States, however, these dru...
Working with a professional will give you access to the best hearing loss treatments. All hearing loss is unique, and a hearing care professional can help you choose and adjust the technology that is right for you. Are hearing aids a hearing loss cure?
leads to permanent hearing loss. Hair cells are the specialized inner-ear cells responsible for the transduction of sound-evoked mechanical vibrations into electrical signals that are then relayed to the brain. A number of genetic and environmental factors, including overexposure to loud sounds and ag...
Mouse models have not recapitulated the human phenotype of progressive hearing loss and thyroid goiter. SLC26A4 knockout mice present with severely malformed inner ears and profound, non-progressive hearing loss (Everett et al., 2001), whereas, for instance, knockin mouse mutants harboring a human...
A cochlear implant is a treatment for successfully curing the damaged inner ear. An electronic medical device is used in the process to cure the condition. The cost of cochlear implantation depends on the duration and extent of a patient’s hearing loss and also on how much the doctor charge...