Researchers Uncover Biological Mechanism That Could Reverse Permanent Hearing Loss
Israeli and US researchers have identified a biological mechanism that prompts supporting cells in the inner ear to regenerate into sensory hair cells.
Category: Hearing Disorders
Hearing Disorders
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Hearing Disorders
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Advanced Bionics Announces Research Collaboration with Spiral Therapeutics
The partnership aims to explore the integration of novel drug-delivery methods with future cochlear implant technology.
Hearing Disorders
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Research Reveals New Clues to Middle-Ear Hearing Damage with Digital Reconstruction
A new digital reconstruction study shows that middle-ear hearing loss becomes severe when fluid occupies about half of the ear cavity, offering a non-invasive marker for diagnosing and staging otitis media with effusion.
Auditory Processing Disorders
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Remembering Jack Katz, PhD – Researcher, Author, Speaker, and Clinician
Marshall Chasin fondly remembers Jack Katz, PhD, known for his pioneering work on central auditory processing disorders and improving audiology through research and education. He has died at the age of 91.
Conductive
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‘Discover Magazine’ Article Challenges Notion of Deafness as Something to Be ‘Cured’
In an article published on the ”Discover Magazine” website, author Sarah Katz challenges the view in the scientific community that deafness is a problem that needs to be cured, potentially by new CRISPR technology that could eliminate a TMC1 gene mutation.
Sensorineural
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Sensorion Completes Second Cohort Enrollment in OTOF Gene Therapy Clinical Trial
SENS-501 is a gene therapy candidate being developed to treat a form of congenital deafness linked to mutations in the OTOF (otoferlin) gene.
Meniere’s, Mixed, Syndromic
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OCT Imaging Tool Could Improve Diagnosis of Hearing Loss
Researchers have adapted the low-cost OCT imaging method developed for ophthalmology and used it to visualize tiny structures in the human inner ear.