Reporting by Tanya Wood
Researchers led by King’s College London, Karolinska Institute and Erasmus University have identified 10 new genes linked with hearing loss and located the part of the ear affected.
The findings, published today in American Journal of Human Genetics, cast doubt on the understanding that age-related hearing impairment originates mainly from sensory hair cells. Researchers argue that the stria vascularis, a part of the cochlea in the ear, is a new target for treatments to help people with hearing loss.
Many people gradually lose some of their hearing ability as they get older, and an estimated....
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