The words may seem all jumbled up ... Among various types of hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss is the most common one. It affects between 5 to 27 per 100,000 individuals each year ...

Children with hearing loss, have a reduced ability to hear language, have less exposure to spoken language, and as a result, require three times the exposure to learn new words and concepts (Miller, ...

The same genes could hold the key to regenerating cells in the ear and eye, according to a new mouse study from the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Ksenia Gnedeva, PhD, published in the Proceedings of the ...

A USC research team discovered that a single genetic signal may be preventing both hearing and vision cells from repairing themselves. By turning off this signal in mice, they triggered cell growth in ...

An estimated 8 million women in the US have difficulty hearing, and 2 million of those are able to hear, at best, only shouted words ... problems in external ear; sensorineural hearing loss ...

However, the same cells did not respond in the organ of Corti, which is the hearing sensory organ. The scientists next identified what was blocking this important step towards sensory cell ...