Below you'll find a list of all posts from September, 2017
In 1944, the drug streptomycin saved the lives of many tuberculosis patients, but at a cost. A large number of patients treated with streptomycin were found to have developed irreversible hearing loss. Subsequently, research was conducted on streptomycin and other aminoglycoside drugs to discover the causes of these drugs’ side effects. Since these early years of research, over 100 classes …
You’ve made the decision to seek treatment for your hearing loss, and now the time has come to determine which hearing aid is best for you. Where do you begin? Here are 15 questions about hearing aids (and their answers!) to think about. There are many models, sizes, and styles available. Taking into consideration your degree and configuration of hearing …
If you’re a woman seeking some mild pain relief, think twice about which bottle you reach for in the medicine cabinet. In a study funded by The National Institutes of Health and conducted at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, certain painkillers at higher incidence were linked to increased hearing loss. The use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) has increased over the …