Surgical plugs in ear's bone stops strange form of severe dizziness
.... A common complaint is autophony, where patients hear their own voices reverberating inside their head. For some patients, even a conversational level of loudness can produce symptoms strong enough to cause severe discomfort. The Hopkins surgeons will present their findings from a decade's worth of res...Studies determine patient risk from ICD replacement
...patients about the risk of complications when they hear about recalls," said lead author David L. Hayes, M.D., professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, MN. A similar study, "Replacement of Device Advisory ICDs is Associated with Significant Complications Including Deat...Bullying keeps overweight kids off the field
...ak to overweight kids, one of the things you often hear is just this," he added. "Kids are targeting them. Kids are picking on them. You're going to end up avoiding those types of situations. The problem clinically is if kids are avoiding PE class or playing sports because of fears of negative peer relati...Spirited study aims to help older Australians
...ersity of Western Sydney researchers would like to hear the pastoral care experiences of the elderly, their families and the people who are delivering the service to the community. The information will be used in the first detailed study of services that tend the spiritual needs of older Australians. Prof...New Dutch invention: Varibel, glasses that hear
...se a hearing aid, but it is not always possible to hear others well if there is surrounding noise. Many he...nds from all directions. The result is that people hear noise, but not the people they are speaking to. Because people have such difficulty understanding wh...Chaos=Order: Physicists make baffling discovery
...ny elements and are typically nonlinear. "When you hear your favorite music twice as loud you don't double the pleasure," mused Brandt, explaining how one aspect of the brain hearing is nonlinear. While other research has shown that disorder can create order, these studies often involved manipulating pa...Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel condemns 'censorship' of scientists
... new synthesis that wasn't possible years ago." To hear all of Kandel's provocative interview with Science & the City editor Adrienne Burke, visit www.scienceandthecity.org/podcast ....AACR launches new magazine to focus on people and progress in cancer
...searchers, physicians and advocates will gather to hear about the latest findings in cancer research and treatment. CR's mission is to put a human face on cancer research. AACR leadership and CR's editorial team will join the premiere issue's cover models 16 survivors of all types of cancer, ranging in...NIH holds state-of-the-science conference: Caesarean Delivery on Maternal Request, March 27-29, 2006
...ilar to a conference call, in which all callerscan hear all questions and answers, and pose questions to the panel. The press conference will be broadcast live via satellite at thefollowing coordinates: C-Band Galaxy 3C Transponder: 21C Orbital Location: 95 degrees west Downlink Frequency: 4120 H Audio: 6...Brain processing of speech sounds is different in some southern English speakers
...ain when people who speak these different dialects hear similar sounds pronounced," said Conrey, who recei...then "pen" by itself, and then the volunteer would hear "pin" or "pen" via headphones and have to touch a keypad to indicate whether the spoken word was the...Stroke patients regain ability to communicate through use of speech generating device
...to represent words that a user selects in order to hear them speak. These icons can be combined into phras...e spoken by the device. Patients use the device to hear and repeat words and phrases for the purpose of practice and therapy, but they also use it to speak ......y their ability to match the number of voices they hear to the number of faces they expect to see. This numerical perception across senses demonstrates that babies have a truly abstract sense of numerical concepts -- and not just one that is a function of a particular sense -- even before they learn to sp...Hormone linked to good hearing as we age
...levels of aldosterone and the ability of people to hear normally as they age. Depressed hormone levels may hurt hearing both in the inner ear and the part of the brain used for hearing. More research is needed, however, to understand the precise role that aldosterone plays for instance, whether it's a ca...Concerns over influence of tobacco firms in low income countries
...MJ Editor, Fiona Godlee adds: "It is depressing to hear from Ernesto Sebrie and Stanton Glantz that WHO has been silent about countries that fail to honour its framework convention on tobacco control. WHO took a brave stand a few years ago in facing up to its own tobacco links. Now is the time for WHO to ...First simultaneous cochlear implant operation for WA
...said the operation would give Danny the ability to hear again and restore his ability to undertake regular...ogist, Katrise Eager, who will help Danny learn to hear sounds through the implant," he said. Danny's father Lex said the operation was a huge boost for his...U of M hosts business planning for pandemic influenza
...cretary Tommy Thompson. Conference attendees will hear presentations that address legal, healthcare, infrastructure, human resource, government support, and transportation issues that affect all industries. Business sectors will then break out separately to discuss specific industry needs and begin plan...Massage for childbirth prep may reduce episiotomy rate
...eek 34 of their pregnancy. Pregnant women may not hear about perineal massage from their obstetrician, but midwives have recommended the practice for years. Avenson, a lecturer with the University of Washington's department of Family and Child Nursing, said it is difficult to separate the effect of perin...Emory study lights up the political brain
...light on why staunch Democrats and Republicans can hear the same information, but walk away with opposite conclusions. The investigators used functional neuroimaging (fMRI) to study a sample of committed Democrats and Republicans during the three months prior to the U.S. Presidential election of 2004. The...Stanford study of owls finds link in brain between sight and sound
...ng-the animal's direction of gaze. "The ability to hear and the direction of gaze aren't necessarily linked," said the paper's first author, postdoctoral scholar Daniel Winkowski, PhD. Sounds originating from any direction don't require visualization to be heard. "It's exciting to find that the circuits i......, the implant has to be removed. The patient can't hear again until the implant is put back again, which is often six to eight weeks. So it's a very unpleasant experience, especially for children." The study was the first to remove an uninfected implant the failure was electronic and find no biofilm. Th...