Indiana University researchers closer to helping hearing-impaired using stem cells
... bone marrow cells could be used to let him or her hear the world. The IU group, led by Eri Hashino, Ph.D., was able to transform, in the laboratory, stem cells taken from adult bone marrow into cells with many of the characteristics of sensory nerve cells -- neurons -- found in the ear. The results sugge...Tracking trends in cochlear implant complications using a federal database
... 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 to background information in the article. The researchers suggest that to insure the best ou...Breast implant Website launched by leading plastic surgery societies
...ke the best decision." In April, an FDA panel will hear testimony on the safety of silicone breast implants from manufacturers. With this information, the panel and the FDA will decide if the devices warrant FDA approval. "The goal of the www.breastimplantsafety.org site is to give women a reliable res...Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) biennial meeting
...rnational experts will be attending the meeting to hear and present the latest research in child development. Some of the topics that might interest reporters include: Adoptions from foreign countries and development issues Aggressive behavior among children, teens Autism Children's sleep patterns...When the brain, not the ears, goes hard of hearing
...any people who have good inner ears who just don't hear well. That's because their brains are aging." The...ildren to the screech of tires on pavement that we hear morning to night. Our brain stem sorts the bluster of information in ways that make it easy for us t...Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member is funded to develop an interactive computer system
...each question on a computer screen, simultaneously hear the question via a headset, and then respond by pressing a keypad. Feedback that is tailored to the participant's pattern of risk behaviors will be immediately provided in culturally relevant video vignettes that deliver health promotion messages to...Article highlights confusion about Homeland Security safety symbols
...ast resort" was interpreted to mean "Yell when you hear a whistle." In 2002, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) introduced a series of pictorial safety symbols designed to help prepare citizens in the wake of specific scenarios that might occur during a nuclear, chemical, or biological terrorist at...Get ready for next generation surround sound
...heaply and efficiently compute the way individuals hear things. Currently, creating accurate 'virtual sound fields' through headphones is almost exclusively the domain of high-budget military technologies and involves lengthy and awkward acoustic measurements. The new approach eliminates the acoustic meas...Baby talk: Infants have much to say if adults will only listen
...infants? How do infants learn to process what they hear in relation to what they see? With answers to the...ng of how language is learned and why children who hear from birth respond differently to noises and speech from children who were born with severe hearing ...Carefree people care less about cancer symptoms, endanger health
...e explanation is fear or denial or a reluctance to hear the 'C-word' from a doctor. So, I was surprised to find those who are generally optimistic and unconcerned had the longest delays." The study will be reported in the May 2005 issue of Psycho-Oncology and is currently available online at the journal's...CDC: Update on current influenza season and vaccine supply in the United States
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...people with partial hearing loss, who often cannot hear very soft sounds but have normal hearing at higher volume levels. "There's a very steep volume curve that goes from soft to very loud right away, and people have a hard time with that," Schreiner explains, "especially for hearing-aid users." However,...Wipeout! Surfing creates wave of unique injuries
...d stings and bites from marine life. "Once you hear the surfer's story, you can see how it happened," Dr. Kuniyoshi said. "But if you don't hear a story and you don't know much about surfing, the injuries really don't make sense." The number...Study pinpoints schizophrenia brain glitch
... plotting against them; hallucinations, where they hear voices or see figures that aren't real; and disorganized thinking and behavior, where they may have trouble conversing or focusing on a task. Antipsychotic medications help many patients control symptoms, but often have unwanted side effects. McCarl...Research on nerve cell circuitry reveals clue about schizophrenia
...a loud noise. Normal people are startled when they hear a loud noise. On the other hand, if normal people first hear a not-so-loud noise followed by a loud noise, they are not startled as much as by the loud noise alo...Promise for helping adults with dyslexia
...s, then delete the initial phoneme -- for example, hear the word "cat" and repeat "at." As a control task, the subjects were asked only to repeat the words they heard, so the researchers could "subtract" any activity due to mental processing in general. The researchers then gave half the dyslexic group in...The cancer patient's journey: An uphill climb
...rovides a vital opportunity for cancer patients to hear about the latest in treatments from the world's top cancer doctors.The seminar makes the most of the fact that hundreds of leading oncologists are gathering for the 29th ESMO Congress to give cancer patients the latest news about chemotherapy and dru...Northwestern researchers pinpoint how false memories are formed
... nouns, and pictures, and they wore head phones to hear what was being said. They were instructed to generate a visual image corresponding to each object that was named. For half the words, a photographic image of the object was presented. The subjects were told to make no response to photos, but only to ...News briefs from the journal Chest, October 2004
...d the canister was empty when they could no longer hear the canister make a sound when it was activated. Four subjects had been told to float the canisters in water to determine medication level. When researchers tested the assessment methods for accuracy, they found that auditory assessment of medicine ...Health and Wealth in an Aging America: A briefing for journalists
...d gender differences in health. In the afternoon, hear leading economic researchers talk about retirement wealth, well-being, and the psychology of saving for the future. What: A briefing for journalists examining various health and wealth topics related to aging. Where: Tavern on the Green Cent...