Tracking trends in cochlear implant complications using a federal database
...evices that bypass damaged structures in the inner ear and directly stimulate the auditory nerve, allowing some deaf individuals to learn to hear and interpret sounds and speech) are popular and effective therapy, they remain expensive and require an extensive program of accompanying therapy, according t...Child care may affect entire community's risks of infection
...t in illness ranging from minor conditions such as ear infections to more serious diseases like sinusitis, pneumonia, and meningitis. A childhood vaccine released in 2000 has decreased rates of illness due to S. pneumoniae, also known as pneumococcus. Children are more likely to carry pneumococci than ad...Indiana University researchers closer to helping hearing-impaired using stem cells
...cules that are secreted from nearby tissues of the ear during embryonic development. The two molecules -- known as Sonic hedgehog and retinoic acid -- together caused the marrow stromal cells to further develop into cells with many of the characteristics of auditory neurons, such as the presence of speci...