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    Wbp2 Is a Novel Deafness Gene

    Hello this is an interesting finding http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-02-wbp2-deafness-gene.html Scanning electron microscopy images of outer (OHC) and inner (IHC) hair cells of the ear of a Wbp2-deficient mouse. Credit: EMBO Researchers at King's College London and the Wellcome Trust...
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    Positional Vertigo

    Guys, I m wondering if anyone here is having positionnal vertigo, i m having that often lately and wanted to know how you are dealing with it? any medication working on this?
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    A Likely New Contributor to Age-Related Hearing Loss Found

    Something interesting http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-07-contributor-age-related-loss.html A likely new contributor to age-related hearing loss found Mature hair cells, left, lose connections to outgoing neurons (blue) and gain connections to incoming neurons (red) as they age, right...
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    Gene Therapy Restores Hearing in Deaf Mice

    guys i think this worth reading http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-07-gene-therapy-deaf-mice.html Using gene therapy, researchers at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School have restored hearing in mice with a genetic form of deafness. Their work, published online July 8 by the...
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    Simple Recipe to Make Sensory Hair Cells in the Ear

    Tinnitalkers, here s an interesting finding: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-05-simple-recipe-sensory-hair-cells.html Scientists at the Molecular Medicine Institute in Lisbon, Portugal, and at the University College London Ear Institute, United Kingdom, have developed a simple and...
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    Cochlea Model Reveals Inner Workings of the Ear

    hi another interesting article http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-05-cochlea-reveals-ear.html PhD student Mohammad Ayat's research involved developing a model of the cochlea, a snail-shaped chamber in the human ear, focused on the cochlear microphonic (CM)—an electrical signal generated...
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    Breakthrough in Tinnitus Research Could Lead to Testable Model

    hi this seems interesting http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-05-breakthrough-tinnitus-testable.html Tinnitus is the most common service-related disability for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Often described as a ringing in the ears, more than 1.5 million former service members...
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    Baclofen for Tinnitus?

    hi guys i'm just wondering if anyone has tried baclofen? i've read it was giving some results on hyperacusis how about tinnitus? thanks in advance
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    Blocking Notch Pathway Leads to New Route to Hair Cell Regeneration to Restore Hearing

    An interesting finding: Blocking Notch Pathway Leads to New Route to Hair Cell Regeneration to Restore Hearing Sensory hair cell loss is the major cause of hearing loss and balance disorders. The postnatal mammalian inner ear harbors progenitor cells which have the potential for hair cell...
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    Hearing Aids May Improve Balance

    here s the link http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-12-aids.html Enhancing hearing appears to improve balance in older adults with hearing loss, according to new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Patients with hearing aids in both ears performed better on...
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    Vitamin Supplement (Nicotinamide Riboside) Successfully Prevents Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

    http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-12-vitamin-supplement-successfully-noise-induced-loss.html Amazon US: Life Extension NAD+ Cell Regenerator Nicotinamide Riboside Capsules, 30 Count N (R) Niagen Nicotinamide Riboside - (3 pack) - 60 capsules per bottle Amazon UK: Life Extension NAD+ Cell...
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    Researchers Find How Mutant Gene Can Cause Deafness

    Guys An interesting finding on how one gene only can make one deaf http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-11-mutant-gene-deafness.html Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered how one gene is essential to hearing, uncovering a cause of deafness and suggesting new...
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    Drains in Two Ears and Fullness in Ears

    Doctor Nagler, i ve got two drains in my ears since mid september.But since then i m having fullness in ears and hearing noises of blocked air while doing valsava maneuver(in the two ears). Three weeks ago i ve got a viral infection with flu and fever and i ve started amoxiciline 500mg twice a...
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    Best Supporting Actors in Your Ears? Research Points to Potential Way to Restore Hearing

    hi guys an article interesting about using supporting cells to restore hearing and haircells http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-11-actors-ears-potential.html There's a cast of characters deep inside your ears—many kinds of tiny cells working together to allow you to hear. The lead actors...
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    Novel Tinnitus Therapy Helps Patients Cope With Phantom Noise

    http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-tinnitus-therapy-patients-cope-phantom.html here is the article: Patients with tinnitus hear phantom noise and are sometimes so bothered by the perceived ringing in their ears, they have difficulty concentrating. A new therapy does not lessen perception of...
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    Human Ear Impacted by Low Frequency Noises

    hi guys here is an interesting finding http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-human-ear-impacted-frequency-noises.html (Medical Xpress)—A new study by a team of researchers in Germany has resulted in findings that suggest the human ear is more impacted by low frequency sounds than has been...
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    People with Tinnitus Process Emotions Differently from Their Peers, Researchers Report

    hi guys this might interest us : (Medical Xpress)—Patients with persistent ringing in the ears – a condition known as tinnitus – process emotions differently in the brain from those with normal hearing, researchers report in the journal Brain Research. Tinnitus afflicts 50 million people in...
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    New Cheap Way to Make Stem Cells

    hi i found this interesting to share with you all http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/175642-breakthrough-technique-tortures-normal-cells-with-acid-to-create-cheap-stem-cells
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    Medical Devices Powered by the Ear Itself

    hi everyone , this shows how amazing is our ears, it s not related to tinnitus but a chip powered by ear produced electricity http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/biological-battery-1107.html thoughts?
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    Team Care Dims Ringing in Ears

    hi all found this new study/research from holland http://www.medpagetoday.com/Surgery/Otolaryngology/32915 http://www.webmd.com/news/20120524/tinnitus-relief-therapy-mix-helps-ringing-in-ears http://download.thelancet.com/flatcontentassets/audio/lancet/2012/25may.mp3
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    Transcranial Stimulation Treatments (rTMS & tDCS & tACS)

    Hello there, Does anyone know if there is any center in the UK or in Europe that is using rTMS / Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to treat tinnitus? If yes, please let me know. Thanks.