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Bionic Ear Show comes to Croydon

In July Gilbert Scott Primary school together with several other schools in Croydon will be playing host to the innovative 2010 Bionic Ear Roadshow, from national charity Deafness Research UK. Sponsored by BUPA, the show aims to use an hour’s performance featuring the world’s largest ear, to teach pupils about how important and delicate their hearing is and to remind them of the risks they face to their hearing from loud music.
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Prime Time TV breaks its silence on deafness

The planned broadcast of the forthcoming BBC drama ‘The Silence’ has been praised by national charity Deafness Research UK for its potential to raise awareness of issues facing people with hearing impairments....
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New cochlear implant could improve outcomes for patients

Jennifer Hilliard - AUGUSTA, GA. – More electrodes and a thinner, more flexible wire inserted further into the inner ear could improve conventional cochlear implants, a team of Medical College of Georgia and Georgia Institute of Technology researchers say. ...
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'Til deaf do us part?

Nobody ever died of deafness, but it remains a sad fact that millions of relationships are devastated every year and many marriages are badly affected as a result of one partner experiencing sudden and unexpected deafness. ...
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Could chicks hold the key to foul hearing in humans?

Human regeneration sounds like something straight out of Dr Who, but science fiction could soon become science fact, as new research being undertaken by Deafness Research UK scientists at the UCL (University College London) Ear Institute (EI) investigates the regenerative power of birds - to see if some of their avian secrets could one day be used to regenerate the human auditory system. ...
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When do people seek help for hearing difficulties?

New research, the first of its kind, has studied illness perceptions in medically unexplained hearing difficulties. ...
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Can Motorsports Fans ‘See’ with Their Ears?

INDIANAPOLIS — The engine roars and the crowd cheers. What just zoomed by – was it a race car or a motorcycle? With your eyes closed, can you tell the difference? ...
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MIT researcher develops new way of scanning the ear canal with 3-D imaging technology

New technique could lead to hearing aids that fit and function better ...
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UAB Study Examines Hearing Loss, Viagra Use

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Research by a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) professor shows an association between hearing loss and the use of the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra....
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Long-Lasting Sensory Loss In WTC Workers

Impaired ability to detect odors and irritants two years after buildings’ collapse ...
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