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Usher Syndrome

Usher syndrome is a rare genetic disease which is the leading cause of deaf-blindness in humans.

Biologists Trace Cause Of Early Blindness To Tissue Defect

Biologists Trace Cause Of Early Blindness To Tissue Defect

Researchers are identifying the cells involved and paving the way for possible therapies to treat or even prevent what is currently an incurable disease.

India to Beat Blindness Elimination Target by 2015: Health Minister

India to Beat Blindness Elimination Target by 2015: Health Minister

Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has said that India, home to 12 million blind people, will achieve its blindness elimination target of 0.3 percent by 2015

Hearing Loss in Children Leads to Substantial Meningitis Risk

Hearing Loss in Children Leads to Substantial Meningitis Risk

Children who are stricken with severe hearing loss are five times more likely to contract meningitis,

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Car Airbags Will Cause Permanent Hearing Loss in 17 Percent

Car Airbags Will Cause Permanent Hearing Loss in 17 Percent

A researcher at a national hearing conference will present data that predict 17 percent of people exposed to deployed airbags in American cars will suffer from permanent hearing loss.

Genetic Disease Hits Kashmir Village

Genetic Disease Hits Kashmir Village

A genetic disease that causes deafness and dumbness has hit a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district. All the victims belong to Gujjar community

Blindness from Smoking Terrifies Teens

Blindness from Smoking Terrifies Teens

Teenagers fear blindness more than lung cancer or stroke, but nine out of 10 don’t know that smoking can rob them of their sight in later life

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Are call centers turning a deaf ear to potential acoustic shocks?

Are call centers turning a deaf ear to potential acoustic shocks?

In a report that might alert the antennae of call centre employees, and cause them to make noise about the apathy of nearly two-thirds of call centers in UK,

Blindness cases in China on the rise…

Blindness cases in China on the rise…

The blindness prevention office of the Ministry of Health released a data on Sunday, the International Day of the Blind, according to which, around 45,000 new cases of eyesight loss are reported...

Blindness And Trachoma

Blindness And Trachoma

A study in the September 27 issue of JAMA says that using antibiotic azithromycin to treat trachoma in Vietnam had increased the risk of reinfections.

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Risk Factors Identified for Hearing Loss in Children with Bacterial Meningitis

Risk Factors Identified for Hearing Loss in Children with Bacterial Meningitis

Researchers have identified several risk factors that are associated with the development of hearing loss in children with bacterial meningitis, according to a study.

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Screening with Hearing Tests

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