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Huey Lewis talked about his battle with Meniere's disease for the first time in an interview with Today on Monday. "It can get better. It just hasn't yet," Lewis said of the inner ear disorder. "I haven't come to grips with the fact that I may never sing again. I'm still hoping I'm gonna get better. They say a positive attitude is important." In April, Huey Lewis and the News announced the cancellation of all 2018 tour dates following the singer's diagnosis. "I can't hear music well enough to sing. The lower frequencies distort violently making it impossible to find...

New software 'hearing dummies' are part of cutting-edge research that promises to revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of hearing impairments. The work could also be used in the long-term to develop a radical new type of hearing aid that can be customised using the hearing dummy to meet the different needs of individual patients. If the procedures gain clinical acceptance, a device could reach the market within 4 years. The research is being carried out by a team at the University of Essex with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The aim has been to enable...

I have a dear friend who is truly suffering from Meniere's disease related "attacks" to the point that she does not know what she will do re: her job, her life. She is a mother and grandmother, but still young - mid 50s. Would ask for prayer for her to find some kind of help for this horrible disease and its side effects, some of which are attacks of dizzyness, nausea, inability to walk without "falling down", mental "fog", physical weakness and exhaustion, racing heart, constant ringing in the ear, loss of hearing, and more.