Listening, hearing, being heard

Hearing without Listening.

n engl j med 375;15 nejm.org October 13, 2016 use of alternative tobacco products such as electronic nicotine delivery systems, do not seem substantial enough to account for the pronounced changes observed in cigarette smoking.5 Despite this great progress, tobacco use continues to cause substantial harm in the United States, with about 15% of adults, or more than 36 million Americans, continui...

Have You Heard? Viral-Mediated Gene Therapy Restores Hearing

Genetic loss of VGLUT3 in cochlear inner hair cells results in profound deafness. In this issue of Neuron, Akil et al. (2012) show that AAV-mediated introduction of wild-type VGLUT3 in the genetically deaf mouse cochlea results in significantly improved hearing.

Environmental impact on hearing: is anyone listening.

Letter to the Editor CORYNEBACTERIUM PARVUM AND METASTATIC BREAST CANCER SIR,-Immunotherapy has been used as an experimental treatment of human cancer for more than a decade. Initial enthusiasm for this approach was largely based on theoretical notions about the role of immunity in cancer, the success of immunotherapy in some animal tumour systems, and early results of nonspecific immunotherapy...

Listening to student conversations during clicker questions: What you have not heard might surprise you!

Headphone Listening Habits and Hearing Thresholds in Swedish Adolescents

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to investigate self-reported hearing and portable music listening habits, measured hearing function and music exposure levels in Swedish adolescents. The study was divided into two parts. MATERIALS AND METHODS The first part included 280 adolescents, who were 17 years of age and focused on self-reported data on subjective hearing problems and listening h...