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Hearing loss appears to be on the decline among Americans in their 40s

Hearing Impairment on the Decline in Americans Under 70

Still common, but noise-safety rules and changing smoking patterns may have helped
The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Ototoxicity Scale seems to be best for classifying ototoxicity in cisplatin-treated pediatric patients

SIOP Scale Best for Detecting Ototoxicity With Cisplatin Tx

Findings show superiority for SIOP in pediatric patients with planned cisplatin-containing treatment
A device that uses a small balloon to treat Eustachian tube dysfunction has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

FDA Approves Balloon Device for Eustachian Tube Dysfunction

Designed to relieve pressure, pain, or clogged or muffled sensations occuring in the ear
A simple hearing test may help identify young children at risk for autism before they're old enough to speak

Hearing Impairment May Be an Early Indicator of Autism

Researchers identify inner-ear problem that might impair speech development
Type 2 diabetes may raise the risk of hearing loss

Review: Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Hearing Impairment

In older patients, age-related hearing impairment may mask the contribution of diabetes
An open-label

Proton Radiotherapy May Be New Option for Peds Brain Tumor

Acceptable toxicity, similar survival as conventional radiotherapy for childhood medulloblastoma
A nasal balloon can effectively treat otitis media with effusion in children

Nasal Balloon Can Treat Otitis Media With Effusion

Procedure may be an alternative to antibiotics, drainage tubes
Otologic symptoms and hearing loss are more common among patients with HIV than uninfected controls

More Otologic Symptoms, Hearing Loss for HIV-Infected

Odds of hearing loss up for HAART-naive patients, those receiving first-, second-line HAART
For neonates with symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus

Six Months of Valganciclovir in CMV Provides Long-Term Benefit

Improved hearing and developmental outcomes in long term for neonates with symptomatic CMV
Age at revision cochlear implantation does not impact post-revision speech perception performance

Age Doesn’t Affect Outcome of Revision Cochlear Implantation

Restoration in speech perception scores after revision cochlear implantation in younger, older cohorts