hearing loss

By activating a defective gene in mice, the researchers were able to restore their hearing to almost normal levels.

Hear! Hear!

Genetics

"Seeing the once-deaf mice respond to sounds after treatment was truly thrilling."

Scientists Successfully Reverse Hearing Loss in Mice

A team of Harvard Medical School scientists has come up with a new drug-like cocktail of molecules that can successfully regenerate hair cells.

What?

They claim to have found the "holy grail" of the hearing loss field.

Scientists May Have Figured Out How to Regenerate Lost Hearing

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

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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An open-source hearing aid built using off-the-shelf parts could slash the price of otherwise prohibitively expensive hearing aids to a single dollar.

Pretty Affordable

Devices

"We have shown that it is possible to build a hearing aid for less than the price of a cup of coffee."

Researchers Invent $1 Hearing Aid

It's worth the needle to the eardrum.

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

The death of tiny cells causes of 90% of hearing loss, but now we can regrow them.

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