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Saturday July 31st 2010

‘Hearing Loss’ Archives

Another Step In Hearing Research

Another Step In Hearing Research

Photo (modified) from morguefile HearingResearch: Restoring Hair Cells OK. It's getting exciting. John Brigande, of the Oregon Hearing Research Centre in Portland, (Centre? Isn't that a little pretentious for Portland) has implanted a gene and demonstrated growth of hair cells in the inner ear. Functional and quite [...]

Edging Toward A Cure For Hearing Loss And Deafness

Photo of me by me. "I hope that in five years, we are at a point that we can say that it is possible to cure deafness, at least in an animal." Dr. Stefan heller. August 7, 2006Stick your fingers in your ears. Both of them. Can you hear your cell phone ring? Is the guy on CNBC saying "vrumph, vrumph, vrumph?"It's called "hearing loss". I've had [...]