Healthcare News
Everything you need to know about vertigo
A person with vertigo will have a sense of spinning dizziness. Vertigo is a symptom of a range of conditions.
Hear this: Healthful diet tied to lower risk of hearing loss
Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital have found that eating a healthy diet may reduce the risk of acquired hearing loss.
For newborns with hearing loss, screening opens window to a world of sound
For Betty and thousands of children born in the U.S. with a hearing impairment, newborn screening is the first step toward introducing them to the world of sound.
Diplacusis: Understanding 'double' hearing
For most people, our ears work in tandem, delivering sounds as one "unit" to our brain. Even if the ears perceive slightly different pitches, our brain still can interpret it as the same source of sound.
EPFL and Mass. Eye and Ear researchers are developing highly elastic hearing implants
Close to half a million people around the world suffer from a serious hearing impairment. In some cases, they can find relief with hearing aids, cochlear and other types of implants. Yet these devices do not help people whose inner ear is damaged or whose cochlear nerve does not function properly.