Study links sleep apnea and sudden deafness

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sudden hearing loss might be tied to an underlying sleep disorder that interrupts breathing, suggests a new study from Taiwan. Consulting a large health insurance database, researchers found that people who'd suffered sudden deafness were more likely to have a previous diagnosis of sleep apnea than a comparison group without hearing loss. The absolute difference was ...

Sleep apnea, sudden deafness linked

Sudden hearing loss might be tied to an underlying sleep disorder that interrupts breathing, suggests a new study from Taiwan.

Mill Neck Audiology Helping Those With Hearing Loss

Organization operates a facility on 501 South Broadway in Hicksville Many people would agree that noise levels are on the rise. Ear-piercing sounds emanate from movies screens, concert stages and cranked-up volumes on iPods. And how often, when waiting for a live operator, is one subjected to high-decibel recordings while on hold? There is no denying the prevalence of loud noise these days ...

Extra Effort: Central student turns hearing loss into opportunity to excel

Megan Mikkelson can hear her future calling her. Tied for first in her class of 318, the Central High School senior isn't about to let anything stop her - least of all profound hearing loss.

The Train in the Night by Nick Coleman - review

A music journalist's memoir of encroaching deafness Nick Coleman has found and made his life in music. His father had a keen amateur interest; much of his East Anglian childhood was spent in thrall to successive waves of pop, rock, punk, reggae, and so on; for 25 years he worked as a journalist for the NME . Then he was stricken by sudden sensorineural hearing loss, and was unable to listen to ...