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·April 18, 2017·5 min read

Hearing Tests Miss Common Form of Hearing Loss

Researchers report many hearing tests fail to pick up a common form of inner ear damage that leads to hearing loss.

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·November 26, 2016·3 min read

How Neurons Have Meta Adapted to Cope With Our Rowdy World

A new study reports as auditory neurons become more familiar with a sound environment, they speed up their adaption to the noisiness of that environment.

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·December 22, 2016·4 min read

New Test Can Detect Hidden Hearing Loss

A new hearing test is able to pick up hearing deficits that may go undetected with a traditional hearing test or audiogram.

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·September 26, 2017·6 min read

No Evidence of Hidden Hearing Loss from Common Recreational Noise

It has often been claimed that exposure to loud noises in recreational activities, such as at a music concert, contributes to hidden hearing loss. New research finds no evidence to support the theory that permanent hearing difficulties occur as a result recreational noise exposure.