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Possible Link Found Between Video Gaming, Hearing Loss/Tinnitus

Limited evidence suggests associations or correlations

Playing Video Games Tied to Better Cognitive Performance in Children

Findings show better response inhibition and working memory with alterations in underlying cortical pathways

Electronic Gaming Can Trigger Cardiac Arrhythmias in Some Children

Electronic games, such as war games, can precipitate lethal cardiac arrhythmias in susceptible children

Nintendo Wii Therapy Benefits Children With Cerebral Palsy

Systematic review and meta-analysis show improvement in functional balance and dynamic balance among children with cerebral palsy

Among children withattention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Video Game-Like Intervention May Aid Children With ADHD

Attentional functioning improved in four-week trial for children receiving intervention versus control
A cognitive behavioral therapy program is effective in treating male patients with internet and computer game addiction

Cognitive Therapy Effective for Internet Game Addiction

Short-term cognitive behavioral therapy helpful for treating a range of internet addictions
Work burnout is now a legitimate medical diagnosis

Work Burnout, Gaming Addiction Classified as Diseases by WHO

Both conditions will be included in the 11th edition of the WHO International Classification of Diseases
Playing video games is generally not harmful to boys' social development

Video Games Appear Not to Harm Boys’ Social Development

But 10-year-old girls who play frequently have less social competence at age 12 than those who do not
Playing violent video games is associated with subsequent increases in physical aggression

Violent Video Games Tied to Physical Aggression

Meta-analysis included multiple ages, nationalities, ethnicities
A home-based binocular falling-blocks video game does not improve visual outcomes more than placebo for children and adults with unilateral amblyopia

Binocular Video Game Doesn’t Up Visual Function in Amblyopia

No significant improvement in mean amblyopic eye visual acuity compared with placebo video game