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Help at hand for people with hearing problems - Altrincham Messenger 26th October 2009
"PATIENTS who are hard of hearing can now be given quick and easy treatment in the community, rather than having to go into hospital.
Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust has been selected to run a one-stop shop scheme which will allow audiology patients to save time, money and effort. "
I'm plagued by a 'hum' that no one else hears - Daily Mail 27th October 2009
"Helen Green first noticed the sound when lying in the bath. It was a low humming, as if a car engine had been left running.
At first she simply dismissed it. She and her husband, Richard, had just moved into a new bungalow near Ropley, Hampshire, and were having building work done. "
Tinnitus: The noise that annoys - The Independent 13th October 2009
"Ringing, buzzing and humming in the ears can be torture for tinnitus sufferers like me, writes Enjoli Liston. But at last there's hope of a cure"
Convertible car drivers 'risk serious damage to hearing', study warns - Daily Mail 6th October 2009
"Actor Pierce Brosnan didn't know the risk he really ran as James Bond when driving the spy's convertible BMW ZR in GoldenEye.
He may have stayed ahead of the villains but at some cost to his hearing, claim experts."
Convertibles 'bad for the ears' - BBC Health News 6th October 2009
"Driving a convertible car can seriously damage your ears, experts have warned.
Cruising with the top down at speeds of 50-70mph (80-112km/h) exposes the ears to sound levels sometimes nearing those made by a pneumatic drill, they argue. "
Music player noise limit planned - BBC Health News 28th September 2009
Train and bus passengers keen not to share the beat of fellow travellers' portable music devices might be happier to hear about a new plan from the EU.
A maximum noise default setting will be set on new portable music players, the European Commission has suggested.
iPods may have to carry health warnings - The Times 28th September 2009
Portable music players may have to carry health warnings under proposals from the European Commission.
Apple, which makes the iPod, and other manufacturers will be asked either to display labels advising users of the damaging long-term effects of loud music on their hearing or to devise a system of on-screen alerts triggered by the prolonged use of headphones at high noise levels.
iPods to be fitted with noise limiters under new EU rules to protect hearing - Daily Mail 26th September 2009
Mobile phones and iPods that blast out music at ear-shattering levels are having their volumes turned down.
The news that personal music players will be fitted with noise limiting controls will delight the parents of teenagers and anyone who likes to enjoy a train journey in peace.
Holly Loach overcomes deafness to play the piano - The Sunday Telegraph 20th September 2009
The ten-year-old granddaughter of Ken Loach has learned to play the piano thanks to a pair of groundbreaking implants that restored some of the hearing she lost after contracting meningitis as a baby.
Profoundly deaf grand-daughter of Ken Loach confounds medical world to reveal musical talent - Daily Mail 20th September 2009
A ten-year-old girl who was left profoundly deaf after suffering meningitis as a baby has defied the odds - to become a talented pianist.
Holly Loach, grand-daughter of film director Ken Loach, was left brain damaged after she was diagnosed with life-threatening pneumococcal meningitis as a 13-month-old toddler.
Deaf awareness training for Trafford NHS staff - Altrincham Messenger 8th September 2009
STAFF at Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust have taken part in deaf awareness training provided by Genie Networks, a charity that supports deaf people in the borough.
Don't ignore your ears popping - it may mean you're about to go deaf - Daily Mail 7th September 2009
Alan Knight was driving on a motorway when he heard a 'popping' in his left ear.
Suddenly, all the sound from his left side seemed muffled and faint. 'It was just like the pop you get in an aeroplane or when you're driving up and down steep hills,' says Alan, 48. 'But whereas then the "pop" makes everything clearer, on this occasion I could no longer hear anything from that side.
Girl, 9, learns 600 sign language so she can talk to her deaf mother - Daily Mail 26th August 2009
Learning another language is a skill that most adults struggle to master.
And when the words have to be signed rather than spoken it's doubly difficult.
But nine-year-old Tayla Reynolds has taken it in her stride and become one of the youngest people to learn the art of sign language.
Could a blob of Blue-Tack really help you hear better? - Daily Mail 25th August 2009
A blob of Blu-Tack could be a simple treatment for a chronic ear condition thought to affect more than a million Britons.
The material is being attached to the ear drum as a treatment for the condition patulous eustachian tube.
Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust launches hearing aid repairs clinics at Partington Health Centre, Timperley Health Centre and Mitford Street Clinic in Stretford - Altrincham Messenger 18th August 2009
TRAFFORD Healthcare NHS Trust is launching new clinics at three health centres to help people with hearing problems.
It means that patients no longer have to go to hospital for appointments about repairs to their hearing aids.
Right ear is 'better for hearing' - BBC Health News 24th June 2009
If you want to get someone to do something, ask them in their right ear, say scientists.
Italian researchers found people were better at processing information when requests were made on that side in three separate tests.
Stem cell 'deafness cure' closer - BBC Health News 1st April 2009
Stem cells that could be used to restore hearing have been successfully created, scientists have said.
A Sheffield University team took stem cells from embryos and converted them into cells that behave like sensory hair cells in the human inner ear.
Hairs grown from stem cells could restore hearing to the deaf - The Telegraph 28th March 2009
British scientists have raised hopes that deaf patients could one day have their hearing restored after growing the delicate hair cells found in the inner ear in a laboratory.
Tinnitus cure 'is a step closer' - BBC Health News 25th March 2009
Scientists believe they are a step closer to curing tinnitus after they have found what could be the root cause of ringing in the ears.
Studies show hearing loss can go hand-in-hand with over-excitable nerves within brain areas that process sound.
How 'hearing' dogs help deaf children get more out of life - Daily Mail 16th March 2009
Born deaf into a hearing family, seven-year-old Evie Crook spent much of her early life locked inside her own world.
‘It’s as though she was on the outside looking in,’ explains her mother Becky, 40. ‘However hard we tried to include Evie in family life, she was always battling with the frustration of feeling she was different.’
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