In Europe, communities are looking at housing solutions which safeguard the needs of older adults and also provide housing and services in a new way

Hearing loss has been found to be almost twice as likely to affect elderly people with Parkinson’s disease

Absence of plastin 1 causes abnormal maintenance of hair cell stereocilia and a moderate form of hearing loss in mice

The objective of the study was to identify whether associations exist between the occurrence of common childhood infections in a UK birth cohort and hearing function across different frequencies at age 61 to 63 years.

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U-M-led team shows key role of protein called NT3 in ear-to-brain communication, and as a target for future treatments