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The Avestagenome Project® and TIGS Sign Strategic Alliance to Advance
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 24: The Avestagenome Project® International Pvt. Ltd. (AGENOME) & Avesthagen Limited, in partnership with the Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS), have signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement to advance research and development in rar
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Battling Noise Induced Hearing Loss: Dr. Shree Rao Flags off Deafness Free
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 7: Imagine a world without the ability to hear your favorite song, the sound of your loved one's voice or the chirping of birds in the morning. You would be surprised to know that by 2030, over 50 crore people worldwide might miss out on these pleasures
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Let's make ear and hearing care a reality for all: WHO
Updated : 2 years ago IST
It is estimated that over 1.5 billion people globally are affected by hearing loss, nearly 80 per cent of whom live in low- and middle-income countries of the world. In South-East Asia region itself, an estimated 400 million people currently have ear and hearing problems.
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"Sound Of Success" Initiative by - CritiCare Asia group of Hospitals
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 13: Speech and hearing are birth rights for every child, enabling them to communicate and connect with the world. Unfortunately some children are born with impaired hearing known as "Prelingual Deaf," while others experience hearing loss after acquiring
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Study sheds more light on gene therapy for hearing loss associated with ra
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A multinational team led by UCL and the NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre found a gene treatment in mice that greatly lowers the hearing loss associated with Norrie disease.
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Increasing omega-3 intake might help protect your hearing: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A new population-based cross-sectional investigation discovered an inverse relationship between blood levels of the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and hearing difficulties. Higher DHA levels in middle-aged and older people were 8-20% less likely than lower DHA levels to report
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Increasing omega-3 intake may help protect your hearing: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A new population-based cross-sectional study found that blood levels of the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) were inversely connected to hearing problems. Higher DHA levels in middle-aged and older persons were 8-20% less likely to report age-related hearing impairments than low
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Deaf mice have normal inner ear function until ear canal opens: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to scientists, mice with a hereditary form of deafness have nearly normal neural activity in the auditory system for the first two weeks of life. Previous research suggests that this early auditory activity, prior to the onset of hearing, serves as a kind of training for the brain
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Study finds microbiome discovery could help save kids' hearing
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], November 10 (ANI): A new study has found that bacteria found in children's upper respiratory systems could help fight chronic middle ear infections, the leading cause of preventable hearing loss and deafness in indigenous communities.
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Researchers identify gene that causes canine hereditary deafness in puppie
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], May 21 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Helsinki have been the first to determine the cause for the nonsyndromic early-onset hereditary canine hearing loss in Rottweilers. The gene defect was identified in a gene relevant to the sense of hearing. The study can also
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NPPCD will target over 6 pc of India's population with disabling hearing l
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday said that National Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness (NPPCD) will target over 6 percent of India's population with disabling hearing loss.
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Researchers develop new gene therapy for deafness
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 27 (ANI): An innovative treatment for deafness, based on the delivery of genetic material into the cells of the inner ear, gas been developed by researchers from Tel Aviv University. The genetic material "replaces" the genetic defect and enables the cells to conti
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