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.

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.

Jury didn't hear from witness near canal

Jurors now deciding the fate of three members of a Montreal family accused of killing four other family members are unaware that there was an eyewitness to some events at the isolated spot where the victims were found dead.

Nick Coleman: I fought going deaf with a day at the football

When the writer lost his hearing, he lost his ability to enjoy the pastimes he loved. Here he describes his comeback I opened my eyes, then closed them again. Everything was too bright – the ceiling, the walls, the light coming through the windows, the light reflected in the edges of the white-painted bookshelves which line the loft in which we sleep. The edges of my vision were unstable ...