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First Real-Time Brain-Controlled Hearing Device
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 13, 2026 Source:First Real-Time Brain-Controlled Hearing Device Reference: Real-time brain-controlled selective hearing enhances speech perception in multi-talker environments
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Researchers trying to determine if sleep dysfunction is related to tinnitus and its degree of expression.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 7, 2025 Source:Tinnitus Seems to Be Somehow Connected to a Crucial Bodily Function Reference: Tinnitus: at a crossroad between phantom perception and sleep
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There is scant evidence to support the belief that noise-cancelling headphones/earbuds contribute to auditory processing disorders. Anecdotal evidence does not make for a great science news article.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 20, 2025 Source:Are noise-cancelling headphones to blame for young people’s hearing problems?
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Article outlining the regrowth of tonsils after their removal 40 years ago is a rare phenomenon and not the usual outcome of the procedure.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 3, 2025 Source:More Popsicles, please: Your tonsils can grow back
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Pioneering gene therapy restores UK girl’s hearing. A truly wonderful outcome.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 23, 2024 Source:Pioneering gene therapy restores UK girl’s hearing
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Gene therapies that let deaf children hear bring hope—and many questions
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 1, 2024 Source:Gene therapies that let deaf children hear bring hope—and many questions
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Researchers faced with trying to explain findings that showed wearing hearing aids may help increase longevity
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 8, 2024 Source:Wearing Hearing Aids May Help You Live Longer Reference:Association between hearing aid use and mortality in adults with hearing loss in the USA: a mortality follow-up study of a cross-sectional cohort
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Clinical trial with controls required before any headline can state “Neck injection could improve smell issues in some long Covid patients”
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 22, 2023 Source:Neck injection could improve smell issues in some long Covid patients Reference:Stellate Ganglion Block for the Treatment of COVID-19-Induced Olfactory Dysfunction: A Prospective Pilot Study
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Study published in BMJ Global Health estimates that one billion people ages 12-34 who use ear buds are at risk of hearing loss because of prolonged exposure to ~80 dB volume levels.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 17, 2022 Source:Half of World’s Young People at Risk for Hearing Loss: Study Reference:Prevalence and global estimates of unsafe listening practices in adolescents and young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis What Noises Cause Hearing Loss?