University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered how cells that let us hear can repair themselves after being damaged, an insight that could benefit efforts to treat and prevent hearing loss.

  • ShaunaTheDead@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    My wife has tinnitus and it’s so strange to me that there’s so little research into this topic and absolutely no answers or relief for people that suffer from it.

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      1 year ago

      It’s a complex disease with many mechanisms and causes but it doesn’t really kill people. So hard work and little urgency.

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        1 year ago

        It doesn’t directly kill people, but a cause of suicide due to the extremely high impact of Tinnitus on mental health