¹ In an early step to ameliorate one type of inner ear dysfunction, a recent study reported that timely activation of a gene associated with early onset deafness reversed hearing loss in mice.² This ...

Some studies suggest that B vitamin deficiency and folic acid deficiency can cause hearing loss and that taking supplements ...

Several groundbreaking studies have examined the connection between hearing loss and Alzheimer’s risk: A Johns Hopkins ...

Researchers at Sheffield have been working on developing a breakthrough cell-based therapy to reverse SNHL. The therapy's concept is as simple as it is elegant. As the loss of hearing cells causes ...

Hearing loss refers to a condition in which a person is not able to hear well within a normal hearing threshold of 20 decibels or better in both ears.The World Health Organisation categorised hearing ...

“No treatment could reverse hearing loss … That’s why we were always trying to develop a therapy,” said Zheng-Yi Chen of Boston’s Mass Eye and Ear, a senior author of the study published ...

A new study outlines how gene therapy could reverse hearing loss and deafness. This may be music to the ears of the roughly 300,000 patients across the globe that depend on cochlear implants to hear.

SAN DIEGO — Hearing loss can occur at any stage of life and can be a result of age, noise exposure, health and lifestyle ...

Hearing impairment affects millions globally, with genetics playing a major role in infant hearing loss. Early screening and genetic testing are cruci ...

Read on to find out more. Deafness is the most profound form of hearing loss. People who are deaf can hear very little or may not hear anything at all. The World Health Organization (WHO ...