Hearing aids are still not cool
One in six people in the UK are deaf or hard of hearing and the majority are older people who…
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Hearing loss: a major public health issue?
Hearing loss is not a minor inconvenience in someone’s life. Many patients are desperate and socially isolated by their inability…
Drugs to prevent hearing loss
AM-111 - this is an experimental drug, developed by Auris Medical for people with acute inner ear hearing loss, which…
Valium is no cure for loneliness
No one can doubt that there is an epidemic of loneliness among older people in the UK. The most senior…
Medical aspects of aviation safety
Many of us travel by air. In 2013 alone, more than 3.1 billion passengers were carried, world-wide, in scheduled, mainly…