Red Wine and Red Grapes Help Protect Against Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline

Sleep Apnea, Sudden Deafness Linked

A New Taiwanese Study Suggests That People Suffering From Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Are At A Slightly Greater Risk of Developing Sudden Hearing Loss. OSA is a nighttime disorder that causes pauses in breathing during sleep. Previous studies had linked untreated...
Red Wine and Red Grapes Help Protect Against Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline

Stress Makes Exhausted Women Over-Sensitive to Sounds

Women suffering from stress-related exhaustion exhibit hypersensitivity to sounds when exposed to stress. In some cases, a sound level corresponding to a normal conversation can be perceived as painful. This according to a study from Karolinska Institutet and...
Red Wine and Red Grapes Help Protect Against Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline

Tinnitus: A Primer

Feature By Dr. Phillip Wade, DDS, MD, FRCS(C) Despite a major breakthrough in tinnitus research by Dr. Pavel Jastreboff in the 1990s with his neurophysiological model, tinnitus (Jastreboff 1990) still remains an enigma, a puzzle yet to be completely solved. What is...
Red Wine and Red Grapes Help Protect Against Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline

Understanding Meniere’s Disease

Many of us have felt dizzy after standing up too quickly or have heard ringing in our ears after attending a noisy public event. And, we’ve probably also felt fullness in our ear as the result of a bad cold or upper respiratory infection. But when those three symptoms...
Red Wine and Red Grapes Help Protect Against Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline

Text with 9-1-1

New Text with 9-1-1 Service Increases Safety for Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Speech Impaired Canadians By Ashlee Smith About the Author Ashlee Smith is the manager of communications with the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA). The Ottawa-based group...