Gene therapy restores hearing in deaf mice, paving the way for human treatment
Mice with genetic hearing loss could sense and respond to noises after receiving working copies of their faulty genes, researchers ...
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This device could let deaf people “hear” via their tongues
Out of all the solutions which could help deaf people here, this is definitely one of the most creative things ...
Songbirds inspire next generation hearing aid, faithful to the human ear
Hearing loss can be devastating: you lose friends, become ever trapped inside your head and alienated from society. Yet, only ...
Hearing restored in mice after hair cells were regenerated through drug
Hearing loss is a grave healthcare problem around the world, with 50 million cases in the US alone. The most ...
Hearing restored in gerbils by stem cell treatment – might work for the human ear, too
In an exceptional feat of medical and technical ingenuity, scientists have been able to restore partial hearing to deaf gerbils ...
Deafness cured by gene therapy
A stroke of pioneering science, researchers have managed to restore hearing to a significant level in guinea pigs by using ...