Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a highly prevalent sensory disorder globally, affecting over 1.5 billion people, with a ...

Scientists have created a more efficient and controlled way to produce lab-grown inner ear hair cells than current methods allow, offering a new tool for hearing loss research. The study, published ...

The first-ever human trial exploring the use of stem cell therapy to reverse hearing loss is about to be under way, after getting the go-ahead from the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products ...

Effective hearing loss treatments have eluded medicine because once sensory hair cells (HCs) in the inner ear are damaged or destroyed, they cannot be regenerated. However, researchers at Mass Eye and ...

One of the most significant hurdles to providing gene therapies for hearing loss is access to the inner ear. Our ears are intricate and feature complex structures that make getting treatment into the ...

Research team awarded five-year, $3.2 million grant from National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders AHL is among the most common health conditions affecting older adults, ...

Hidden hearing loss—which can make conversations hard to follow in noisy settings—resists study. It doesn’t register in standard hearing tests. Also, it has been associated with factors that tend to ...

CLEVELAND—With a new five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Mass Eye and Ear will ...