- Patients and Researchers Help Develop Strategies for Tinnitus Research
When: December 5–6, 2005
Where: Chevy Chase, MD
Institute: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)Want to know more about that ringing in your ears? According to estimates by the American Tinnitus Association, at least 12 million Americans suffer from tinnitus. Of these, at least one million experience it so severely that it interferes with their daily activities. More
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To read the minutes of this meeting, visit www.nidcd.nih.gov/funding/programs/wkshp_tinnitus.htm. You can learn more about tinnitus at www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/noiseinear.asp.
- "Vital Visionaries" Teams Elders with Medical Students
Institute: National Institute on Aging (NIA)With only about 9,000 geriatricians, the United States is far short of the estimated 36,000 needed by 2030 to treat the growing number of older people, according to a study by the Association of Geriatric Academic Programs. But a novel program, Vital Visionaries, has been developed by NIA to help prevent this possible crisis.
The mingling of young and old is at the heart of this arts-based project. Managed by the nonprofit Society for the Arts in Healthcare, the goal is to improve the attitude of future doctors toward older people and to awaken in older people an awareness of their creative possibilities. This is achieved by pairing medical students with seniors as they explore art projects together. More
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For more information, call Jeannine Mjoseth in the Communications and Public Liaison Office of the NIA at (301) 496-1752.
