Sudden hearing loss a harbinger of stroke

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A sudden loss of hearing can be an early warning of impending stroke, according to results of a study released Thursday.

Dr. Herng-Ching Lin and colleagues at Taipei Medical University identified 1423 adult patients hospitalized in 1998 with a first episode of sudden hearing loss and matched each "case" patient to four "control" patients.

Patients in the hearing loss group were significantly more likely to have hypertension (high blood pressure), diabetes, and elevated cholesterol levels, the investigators note

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Global community listens to TAU genetic researcher at EU Conference on Hearing Loss

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Is hearing loss just one of those things that happens as we get older? Tel Aviv University is working towards finding a solution to deafness that will improve the quality of life for people everywhere. This week Prof. Karen Avraham represented a European consortium, EuroHear, at an international conference in France. With her Palestinian research colleague, Prof. Avraham is a leading figure in the field of hearing loss -- her landmark research in genetics has led to improved diagnostic tests which are currently being used today.

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Study examines cause of hearing loss for patients with certain genetic disease

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Patients with the genetic disorder von Hippel-Lindau disease may suddenly experience hearing loss because of a tumor-associated hemorrhage in the inner ear, according to a study in the July 4 issue of JAMA.

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Scientists Identify Hearing Loss Gene

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Belgian scientists have identified a gene variant that causes otosclerosis, the single most common cause of hearing loss among white adults. The finding may lead to new treatments for the condition, which affects about one in 250 people.

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Genes In Human Inner Ear Cells Restored

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Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have discovered a way to transfer genes, which they hope will restore hearing, into diseased tissue of the human inner ear. This important step brings scientists closer to curing genetic or acquired hearing loss.

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Study shows isolation of stem cells may lead to a treatment for hearing loss

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Have you ever walked by someone listening to their i-Pod loud enough for you recognize the song? Studies have shown noise-induced hearing loss is going to become the next big epidemic affecting our younger generation though the effects won't show until it is too late to treat. In addition to loud noise, certain cancer drugs or genetic factors can cause hearing loss in humans due to loss or faulty development of the sensory icrophones� (hair cells) inside the ear � the cochlea. Lost hair cells are not replaced and people exposed to these conditions face permanent hearing loss

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Vitamins And Minerals Might Prevent Hearing Loss

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In a new study in animals, University of Michigan researchers report that a combination of high doses of vitamins A, C, and E and magnesium, taken one hour before noise exposure and continued as a once-daily treatment for five days, was very effective at preventing permanent noise-induced hearing loss. The animals had prolonged exposure to sounds as loud as a jet engine at take-off at close range. And clinical trials of a hearing-protection tablet or snack bar for people could begin soon.

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Gone today, hear tomorrow

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Lose the ear's sensitive hair cells and your hearing goes with them. But what if we could grow new ones? New Scientist investigates.

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