Decoding Deafness: USC Scientists Tune Into Hearing Regeneration
An adult who becomes deaf cannot regain their hearing since the inner ear’s sensory cells, once damaged, don’t regenerate. In recent research, with partial funding…
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A New Crocodile Hypothesis Could Help People With Hearing Loss
A new hypothesis about crocodile ears. Over 1.2 billion individuals worldwide have hearing loss. Crocodiles, on the other hand, have excellent hearing for their whole…
Restoring Hearing: New Tool To Create Ear Hair Cells Lost Due to Aging or Noise
‘We have overcome a major hurdle’ to restore hearing, investigators say. Gene discovery allows the production of inner or outer ear hair cells Death of…
Hearing Loss Rapidly Changes Brain Motor Areas That Control Song
It appears that deafness penetrates much more rapidly and deeply into the brain than previously thought. While studying songbirds, neurologists discovered that when their hearing…
