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Jay Weinberg, the drummer of Slipknot, one of the biggest metal bands in the world, cautions his fans to wear earplugs to shows to protecting their hearing.

Hear, Hear!

Developments

"I don't go to a single show without wearing earplugs."

Slipknot Drummer Warns of Hearing Damage From Loud Music

An FDA ruling issued this Tuesday ushers in a new class of over-the-counter hearing aids that can be bought without a prescription at a local retailer.

Hearing Help

No doctors, no wait.

Hearing Aids Will Be Available Over-The-Counter Starting This Fall, FDA Says

A team of MIT scientists behind the biotech firm Frequency Therapeutics has developed a new type of regenerative therapy that can reverse hearing loss.

Say What?

Treatments

Reversing hearing loss could soon become "similar to Lasik surgery, where you’re in and out in an hour or two."

MIT Scientists Say They've Invented a Treatment That Reverses Hearing Loss

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The Bebird N3 Uses Advanced Robotics For A Safer Ear Cleaning

"Wolverine," a top-secret project by the Alphabet-owned moonshot company X, is building devices that grant superhuman hearing.

Listening In

Google's experimental lab is working on a fascinating, top-secret initiative.

Secret Alphabet Project "Wolverine" Aims to Give People Superhuman Hearing

A high-tech suit vibrates to let users feel music — a new way for everyone to experience sound, according to its creators, but especially for deaf people.

Everyone can try synesthesia with a suit that translates music into touch.

Make Music A Full Body Experience With A "Vibro-Tactile" Suit

The rodents responded the same way to the light as they did to sound.

The Digest: Scientists Create New Cochlear Implants That Allow Gerbils to “Hear” Light

It's worth the needle to the eardrum.

An Injection of Salt in Your Eardrum Might Save You From a Lifetime of Hearing Loss

"We were really excited when we observed hearing preservation in the injected ears but not the uninjected ears of the same mouse."

New CRISPR Gene Editing Experiment Slows Down Hearing Loss

Proof that we're already living in the sci-fi world we used to dream about. 

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