Key Takeaways Researchers developed a highly accurate 5-variable model to predict cognitive impairment risk in older adults with hearing loss. The key predictors are age, degree of hearing loss (pure-tone average), depression, hearing aid use, and social activity levels. Hearing aid use and regular social engagement were identified as protective factors against cognitive decline. An…
Key Takeaways Between 15% and 49% of people with migraine experience comorbid auditory symptoms like tinnitus, hyperacusis, or hearing loss. Migraine is a disorder of multisensory sensitization, with pathology affecting the auditory system across three axes: vascular/hydrodynamic, neurochemical, and central neural networks. Nearly two-thirds of migraine patients show abnormalities on objective auditory electrophysiological tests, indicating…
A 64-year-old woman with severe misophonia, whose main trigger was the sound of a bouncing basketball, experienced a dramatic and sustained reduction in her symptoms after a one-month course of a non-invasive nerve stimulation therapy. The case report, led by researchers Francesca Proietti, Massimo Marano, and Emanuele Rizzo, suggests that targeting the body’s autonomic nervous…
A 2026 study of U.S. military veterans reveals that the brain networks responsible for attention and emotional processing show progressively less coordinated activity in people with tinnitus, and even less in those who also have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The research, published in *Human Brain Mapping* by a team led by Dr. John C. Moring…
Hearing impairment is one of the most common sensory disorders globally, affecting far more than just the ability to detect quiet sounds. This is the central argument of an editorial by Agnieszka J. Szczepek of Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, published in *Brain Sciences*, which calls for a more integrated view of auditory health. Key Takeaways Hearing impairment…
A standardized combination of acupuncture, moxibustion, and cupping therapy was associated with substantial reductions in tinnitus-related distress, with benefits increasing over six months. According to a new retrospective study, 57.1% of patients met the primary response threshold at treatment completion, a figure that rose to 81.4% at the six-month follow-up. Key Takeaways A combined Traditional…
A new pilot study has found that a focused cognitive therapy technique significantly reduced externalizing, aggressive reactions to common misophonia trigger sounds. The research, led by Marta Siepsiak from SWPS University, provides preliminary evidence that cognitive reappraisal—a core component of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)—can be a feasible and acceptable part of treatment for the often-debilitating…
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Key Takeaways Researchers have assembled FOMO260K, a dataset of 260,927 brain MRI scans from over 55,000 subjects, making it one of the largest public collections of its kind. The dataset includes a wide range of brain conditions and image types, which is essential for training AI models to understand complex auditory and neurological disorders. By…
A COVID-19 infection increased the risk of developing otitis media with effusion (OME) by over 50% in a large Chinese patient population. A 2026 study found this risk was not evenly distributed, but was significantly stronger for people of lower socioeconomic status (SES). The research provides new evidence that social and economic factors can directly…
**A systemic review in *Journal of Neurology* synthesizes the most current evidence linking migraine to a range of auditory dysfunctions. The authors, led by Wandi Xu, Ni Zhai, and Jingyu Chen, argue that migraine operates as a “systemic disorder of multisensory sensitization,” with auditory symptoms being a core, often overlooked, component. Epidemiological data shows that…
A definitive study from China has identified a specific brain structure that predicts who will benefit from a common tinnitus treatment
