Long-term hearing loss from loud explosions, such as blasts from roadside bombs, may not be as irreversible as previously thought, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Using a mouse model, the study found that loud blasts cause hair-cell and nerve-cell damage, rather than structural damage to the...
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Successful Restoration of Hearing and Balance in Mouse Model
The sounds of success are ringing at Kansas State University through a research project that has potential to treat human deafness and loss of balance. Philine Wangemann, a professor of anatomy and physiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, and her international team have published the results of their study in the July issue of...