Noise-induced hearing loss has also been a huge problem in combat veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The most common form of hearing loss is caused by the death of cochlear hair cells in ...

Top: Rows of healthy sensory hair cells in the mouse inner ear with green stereocilia arcs. Middle: In Rest mutant mice, hair cells are disorganized, and stereocilia barely visible. Bottom ...

These hair cells convert the sound signals into nerve ... bone (e.g., from a blow to the side of the head) may damage the cochlear nerve within the inner ear and result in hearing loss.

SNHL occurs when the inner ear, the cochlea, is damaged. The cochlea is a spiral-shaped cavity filled with fluid containing the critical hearing cells. The primary hearing cells are the hair cells, ...

Furthermore, “not all patients qualify for cochlear implant surgery ... the formation of new sensory hair cells and restore hearing and balance after acute damage (Nature Neurosci.

Hearing loss has substantial personal, social and economic implications. It is most commonly caused by damage to the sensory hair cells and/or the auditory neurons in the cochlea. One possible ...