Researchers restore hearing in mammals by regenerating auditory hair cells

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Researchers have regenerated auditory hair cells in adult mammals for the first time (Image: Shutterstock)

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There is new hope for those of us who have overindulged in loud bands and dread the prospect of old age spent with an ear trumpet clamped to the sides of our heads. Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School have been able to stimulate resident auditory hair cells to become new ones, resulting in partial hearing recovery in mice whose hearing has been damaged by noise trauma.

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