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Use Hearing Loss to Predict and Prevent

How Hearing Loss Can Help Predict and Prevent Greater Health Problems Hearing loss is commonly associated with aging, but impaired hearing may be more than an age-related malady. New research is showing that hearing loss may be linked closely to health. Using hearing loss as a warning sign could help predict and prevent heart disease and some cancers, as well as falls and the misdiagnosis of diseases like Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. About Hearing Loss Hearing loss is a pervasive and hidden disability. It goes...

Virus Present at Birth Causes More Than 10 Percent of Hearing-Loss

Dr. Kohan was interviewed by US Health and News to provide his expertise on hearing loss and more particularly a virus called cytomegalovirus that that researchers state will cause permanent hearing loss in almost 10% of newborn babies. “If we would screen newborns for CMV, it would save a lot of headaches down the road,” said Dr. Kohan. MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) — More than 10 percent of babies born with an infection called cytomegalovirus will suffer permanent hearing loss, a new study reports. But only one in 10 children with the virus shows...

Q Tip and Hearing Loss: Video

Can Q-Tips damage the ear? This brief video explains how improper use of q tips while cleaning the ear can cause damage and potentially lead to hearing loss. Dr. Darius Kohan is the leading ENT in New York that specializes in hearing loss. The inner ear is generally labeled as “self cleaning”. There is no need to dig into the interior ear canal when cleaning with a q tip.

Hearing Loss and Headphones

Can using headphones to listen to loud music damage hearing? Watch New York’s leading Otology/Neurotology expert Darius Kohan, MD speak about the damage to your hearing that listening to loud music with headphones can do. Learn about the connection between hearing loss and headphones. Hearing Loss and Headphones Video

Oldest Cochlear Implant Patient

95-Year- Old Patient To Receive Cochlear Implant Man Is Believed To Be Oldest Cochlear Implant Patient in New York State The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary (New York. NY) – Mr. M of Westchester County had long learned to cope with the profound hearing loss in his left ear, but when he suddenly lost hearing in his right, the 95-year-old immediately acted on the news he so avidly reads and went to a doctor from The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary to pursue therapy....

Osteoporosis and Sudden Hearing Loss

New Study Suggests Osteoporosis Linked to Sudden Hearing Loss For years, researchers have recognized the connection between osteoporosis and other serious health conditions involving the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems. Recently, however, a new study from Taiwan suggests osteoporosis is also linked to a type of hearing loss known as Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSHL). What Is Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss? According to the Canadian Academy of Audiology, the organization states that Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss is a sudden and unexplained loss of hearing...

Dr. Kohan Quoted on HIV and Hearing Loss

“The implication of the study is that HIV-positive patients should be carefully monitored for hearing loss and amplification provided when necessary.” A study published in the Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery journal connected hearing ability with HIV. Dr.Kohan was quoted several times on his expertise in the auditory field. FRIDAY, Dec. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) — A new study finds that adults with HIV tend to have worse hearing than those not infected with the AIDS-causing virus. Researchers led by Peter Torre, of San Diego State University, assessed the hearing of 262 men averaging 57 years of...

Dr. Kohan Quoted on Philly.com

“The intense magnetic field in the MRI scanner may harm the patient — dislocate the cochlear implant magnet, change the magnet’s polarity, and induce pain and discomfort at the implant site,” explained Dr. Darius Kohan, chief of otology/neurotology at Lenox Hill Hospital and the Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital in New York City. Dr. Kohan is one of the world’s leading Otology/Neurotology specialists. He is often sought after for his expertise in a highly technical field. Here Dr. Kohan was quoted on some experiences patients of cochlear implants surgery might go through. THURSDAY,...

Surgery Allows Girl From Senegal to Hear Again

Dr. Kohan was brought in as a surgical specialist to work with a team of doctors, manufacturers and professionals to help restore hearing for an 8 year old girl from senegal. The New York Times provided a full summary of the surgery. Nabu Ndiaye (Photo: Amy Alter) Sometimes it takes a city to heal a child. Today, Nabu Ndiaye, an 8-year-old girl from Senegal, received a cochlear implant so she could hear again, after a bout of meningitis left her deaf at age 3. The...

New Hearing Aids Allow Young Man to Hear for the first time

As an athlete, Terrell Davis couldn’t hear his teammates or his coach. This young man from Harlem was born deaf –with ears that never fully formed or worked. A month ago, 2 surgeons at Lenox Hill Hospital corrected the bones in his face, rebuilt his left ear and implanted a new device– called the “baha”– a bone anchored hearing aid. Dr. Darius Kohan is the director of otology at Lenox Hill Hospital and explained that the magnet in the...

Dr. Kohan Reconstruction Surgery to Provide Hearing

Dr. Kohan was tapped to reconstruct the hearing of a young man who had been deaf since birth. As part of his charity work with the Little Baby Face Foundation, a charity that provide free reconstructive surgery to children in need, Dr. Kohan brought hearing to a young man for the first time. The story was covered by Catholic Online, a news outlet meant to inform, inspire and ignite their readers online. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – Terrell Davis, a Harlem...

Dangers Associated With Repeated Wireless Headphone Use

Dr. Kohan was interviewed by CBS New York on the dangers associated with repeated wireless headphone use. He is quoted saying: “The ear is not really meant to be constantly clogged,” said Dr. Darius Kohan, “It’s not a natural condition for the ear to have hours of things sticking in it.” Kohan said using earbuds for hours on end can irritate sensitive skin, obstruct the ear canal, and create a build-up of wax. As a result, many people can develop painful infections. “They’re putting in an earbud over here, they’re pushing against this to hear better,”...

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