The media often feature stories about new discoveries in hearing and balance health care. You can find selected articles below. For the latest news from the Academy, please click on News from the Academy. For media articles about the Academy and its members, please click on Academy in the News.

Clinical and Genetic Risk Factors for Radiation—Associated Ototoxicity (Vyshnova/shutterstock.com)

Clinical and Genetic Risk Factors for Radiation—Associated Ototoxicity

Cranial radiation therapy (CRT) is associated with ototoxicity, which manifests as hearing loss and tinnitus. This article sought…

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The Vestibular System Takes Home the Gold (kholywood/shutterstock.com)

The Vestibular System Takes Home the Gold

The vestibular system in the average human is an intricate network incorporating multiple inputs so that equilibrium is…

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A Clinical Study on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and the Hearing of Newborns (Roman Sorkin/shutterstock.com)

A Clinical Study on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and the Hearing of Newborns

This study aimed to explore the impact of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) on the results of newborn hearing…

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Lack of Physical Activity and Obesity in Individuals with Self-Identified Hearing and/or Visual Difficulties (Marko Aliaksandr/shutterstock.com)

Lack of Physical Activity and Obesity in Individuals with Self-Identified Hearing and/or Visual Difficulties

It is reasonable that lack of physical activity would be one thing associated with obesity, but could difficulties…

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Joseph Sauveur and the Science of Acoustics (ESB Professional/shutterstock.com)

Joseph Sauveur and the Science of Acoustics

Do you remember why Joseph Sauveur is important to our profession? If you do, you could have done…

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Relationship Between Vertigo and Vestibular Dysfunction in Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (Andrey_Popov/shutterstock.com)

Relationship Between Vertigo and Vestibular Dysfunction in Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) can occur with or without symptoms of vertigo/vestibular dysfunction. In a recent study,…

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