Archive for August 2017

Tinnitus, a chronic ringing or buzzing in the ears, has eluded medical treatment and scientific understanding. A new study found that chronic tinnitus is associated with changes in certain networks in the brain, and furthermore, those changes cause the brain to stay more at attention and less at rest. The finding provides patients with validation…

A 2016 study published in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery by Wilko Grolman, M.D., Ph.D., from the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands shows that earplug use is effective in preventing temporary hearing loss caused by exposure to loud music (average of 100 decibels) over several hours. In the study of 51 adults (average age…