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Researchers Discover Proteins That Could Soon Cure Hearing Loss

August 6, 2019 by Nikki Clark

Mouse cochlea with hair cells shown in green and auditory nerves shown in red. Credit: Doetzlhofer lab

Researchers at John Hopkins Medicine have found a pair of proteins that control when hair cells are created in the inner ear. This finding, published on June 12th, may hold the key to curing people with irreversible hearing loss.

Approximately 90% of genetic hearing loss is due to hair cell problems or auditory nerve damage. Hearing loss due to excessive loud noise exposure or viral infections damages these hair cells. Fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds can regenerate their damaged hair cells. Humans cannot regrow their hair cells. Once our hair cells are damaged hearing loss is permanent.

Click here read more about this incredible new finding!

Corvallis Hearing Center will continue to follow this ongoing research and talk about this new finding at one of our future seminars.

Attend our FREE monthly seminar held at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center on the second Thursday from 3:30pm – 5:00pm of every month. Click here for this month’s topic and meeting room location.

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975 NW Spruce Ave., Suite 102
Corvallis, OR 97330  
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