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Risk of Sequelae After Invasive Meningococcal Disease (Tatiana Shepeleva/shutterstock.com)

Risk of Sequelae After Invasive Meningococcal Disease

Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is an uncommon but very serious infection that occurs when meningococcal bacteria invade the…

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Cognitive Measures and Electrocochleography Team Up (melitas/shutterstock.com)

Cognitive Measures and Electrocochleography Team Up

A recent study investigated the predictive capacity of the electrocochleography total response (ECochG-TR) in patient speech perception outcomes…

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Stone Age Otologic Surgical Techniques Unearthed at Archeological Site (NERYXCOM/shutterstock.com)

Stone Age Otologic Surgical Techniques Unearthed at Archeological Site

Can you imagine what medical treatment looked like 5,000 years ago? What was “surgery” like with stone instruments?…

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The Use of Tele-Audiology in Ototoxicity Monitoring: A Scoping Review (Tasty_Cat/shutterstock.com)

The Use of Tele-Audiology in Ototoxicity Monitoring: A Scoping Review

In sub-Saharan Africa, the prevalence of hearing loss is approximately four times that of developed regions (World Health…

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A Combinatorial Approach to Protect Sensory Tissue Against Cisplatin-Induced Ototoxicity (Alexander Raths/shutterstock.com)

A Combinatorial Approach to Protect Sensory Tissue

As we know, a commonly used chemotherapeutic agent, Cisplatin, is very effective in treating malignant tumors. Often, however,…

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Support Dogs for Individuals with Severe or Profound Hearing Loss (Anagarcia/shutterstock.com)

Support Dogs for Individuals with Severe or Profound Hearing Loss

Can hearing dogs provide measurable benefit for individuals with severe or profound hearing loss? Stuttard and colleagues (2021)…

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