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Scientists regenerate hair cells that enable hearing
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Re: Scientists regenerate hair cells that enable hearing
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
Serious question from the article though…why do Americans account for an outsized percentage of hearing loss sufferers?
Big country, "louder is better", teens blasting their hearing with in-ears, concerts that leave your ears ringing for days, inadequate safety in the workplace, heavy use of drugs like Viagra (yes, hearing loss and tinnitus are a side effect in some users with high blood pressure). Diet-related hearing loss too as a lot of people eat crap. Probably other reasons too.
> heavy use of drugs like Viagra (yes, hearing loss and tinnitus are a side effect in some users with high blood pressure)
Oh wow. The Manga/Anime trope of male characters spontaneously bleeding from the nose when they get er... excited might actually have some real world examples.
Pretty sure "bleeding from the nose and ears" would kill the mood completely though. For most of the population anyway. ;)
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#23Not obviously related to the article, but given this might attract the hearing-curious or knowledgeable. For as long as I can remember I've had great difficulty hearing in noisy environments. In my younger years it didn't bother me too much as I was mostly at noisy events to enjoy the music anywhere, and if I wanted to talk we'd move somewhere quieter. If I make a concerted effort I can usually hear someone directly…
Isn't that some autism sensory processing thing?
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#24Not obviously related to the article, but given this might attract the hearing-curious or knowledgeable. For as long as I can remember I've had great difficulty hearing in noisy environments. In my younger years it didn't bother me too much as I was mostly at noisy events to enjoy the music anywhere, and if I wanted to talk we'd move somewhere quieter. If I make a concerted effort I can usually hear someone directly…
This sounds exactly like me. Strangely enough, my hearing test was perfect.
Whenever there is background noise, I cannot decipher what someone is saying. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been asked, “are you deaf?”
Could it be some form of ADHD?
Re: Scientists regenerate hair cells that enable hearing
#25Not obviously related to the article, but given this might attract the hearing-curious or knowledgeable. For as long as I can remember I've had great difficulty hearing in noisy environments. In my younger years it didn't bother me too much as I was mostly at noisy events to enjoy the music anywhere, and if I wanted to talk we'd move somewhere quieter. If I make a concerted effort I can usually hear someone directly…
Isn't that some autism sensory processing thing?
Yeah, I thought that might be it that too even though I don’t present any other autism symptoms. Much harder to diagnose in that case, which is why they tried to isolate with the APD testing.
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Re: Scientists regenerate hair cells that enable hearing
#27Not obviously related to the article, but given this might attract the hearing-curious or knowledgeable. For as long as I can remember I've had great difficulty hearing in noisy environments. In my younger years it didn't bother me too much as I was mostly at noisy events to enjoy the music anywhere, and if I wanted to talk we'd move somewhere quieter. If I make a concerted effort I can usually hear someone directly…
I think I have this: https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/conditions/auditory-proc... Might be the same thing depending on your full set of symptoms.
Yeah, they tested for APD (two different approaches). I found it really difficult though enjoyable in terms of being able to self analyse what it was that made me struggle. That said, my results were apparently normal and everyone finds it difficult.
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#28I’m really tired and based on the headline I thought scientists had a cure for male pattern baldness and the new hairs increased your sense of hearing…
If you can regenerate hairs that stopped growing in one place, that sounds like a step toward regenerating other hairs that have stopped growing in other places.
And the market for baldness cures has got to be at least as big as the market for hearing recovery, despite the gulf in fundamental importance.
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#29Not obviously related to the article, but given this might attract the hearing-curious or knowledgeable. For as long as I can remember I've had great difficulty hearing in noisy environments. In my younger years it didn't bother me too much as I was mostly at noisy events to enjoy the music anywhere, and if I wanted to talk we'd move somewhere quieter. If I make a concerted effort I can usually hear someone directly…
This sounds exactly like me. Strangely enough, my hearing test was perfect. Whenever there is background noise, I cannot decipher what someone is saying. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been asked, “are you deaf?” Could it be some form of ADHD?
I had a similar inkling, which is what led me to discovering APD. The tests for that were normal though.
This whole “hidden hearing loss” concept seems like such a broad term for a huge group of things. Some of them potentially related to dysfunction in the inner ear that we can’t test for but can be treated (in mice) with neurotrophin.
The specialist I saw said at the last conference she attended the researcher presenting on it said most patients presenting were in their 40s. I’ve not seen any papers that make such a claim though. I was only the second patient she’d personally encountered that had the symptoms, and we are both in our 40s.
Re: Scientists regenerate hair cells that enable hearing
#30Not obviously related to the article, but given this might attract the hearing-curious or knowledgeable. For as long as I can remember I've had great difficulty hearing in noisy environments. In my younger years it didn't bother me too much as I was mostly at noisy events to enjoy the music anywhere, and if I wanted to talk we'd move somewhere quieter. If I make a concerted effort I can usually hear someone directly…
Could it be ADHD?
I have both ADHD and "hidden hearing loss" and I chalk both up to my brain struggling to filter out noise/distractions.