Loud sounds at movies and concerts can cause hearing loss, but there are ways to protect your ears

About 40 million Americans have hearing problems due to exposure to loud sounds.

Cory Portnuff, Assistant Clinical Professor of Audiology and Clinical Audiologist, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
Sept. 26, 2023 • ~6 min

That annoying ringing, buzzing and hissing in the ear – a hearing specialist offers tips to turn down the tinnitus

Although there’s no cure for tinnitus, help is out there – including sound-generating devices, background noise and talk therapy.

Bradley Kesser, Professor of Otology and Neurotology, University of Virginia • conversation
Dec. 13, 2022 • ~8 min

Why it may be hard to follow conversations in noisy environments

Harvard researchers have found two biomarkers that may help explain why a person with normal hearing struggles to follow conversations in noisy environments.

Suzanne Day • harvard
Jan. 31, 2020 • ~5 min

Could treatments for tinnitus target brain inflammation?

Investigation into inflammation in a sound-processing region of mouse brains suggests future tinnitus treatments.

Jo Marie Barkley-U. Arizona • futurity
Aug. 22, 2019 • ~4 min

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