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Scientists regenerate hair cells that enable hearing

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Re: Scientists regenerate hair cells that enable hearing

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same. If I can get rid of the persistent high pitched whine in my left ear my QoL will go through the roof.

My hearing is not particularly bad, and my tinnitus tends to come and go depending on the environment. Still, I would love to resolve it once and for all. It's a pretty common condition too.

tinnitus is not always related to hearing, I got mine after my jaw dislocated, I still got my hearing checked just in case and it was completely OK.

Re: Scientists regenerate hair cells that enable hearing

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I have tinnitus, which is pretty annoying. Very excited to see the possibility of treatment for this.

I’d love to know what silence is like.

There is this tapping on your head trick[0] that legitimately works for many people (me included) to clear up your tinitius but only for a few seconds after it. If you are curious what silence sounds you can try it.

0. https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/3oauru/if_you_have_...

Re: Scientists regenerate hair cells that enable hearing

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I actually suggested a friend to enroll in one sich study when it first surfaced in HN, a year ago.

My friend mentioned he didnt meet the criteria for the study (I think age was the problem).

I'm happy to see developments on this area of research and I hope someone succeeds. Being deaf is very difficult for a specially social animal like us, humans

Re: Scientists regenerate hair cells that enable hearing

#46

I’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…

> I thought scientists had a cure for male pattern baldness

They have:

https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/scientists-reverse-hai...

Re: Scientists regenerate hair cells that enable hearing

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Is this similar to the abandoned[1] program by Frequency Therapeutics? > The FX 322 gel contains drugs that early studies indicate helped to aid new hair cell formation. These are called progenitor cells, which are unable to evolve into any body tissue. Instead, they are usually more inclined to develop into cells near where they are found in the body. > This particular drug encourages them to grow into stereocilia,…

Well, that is à let down.

Re: Scientists regenerate hair cells that enable hearing

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Not 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…

And how good do you hear in a silent environment? I'm asking because I feel a bit reflected in your description (always had problem following conversations in a noisy environment) but in a calm one I can hear very faint noises/voices (while others cannot, for example). But TBH I don't know if my noisy envs experience is "normal" or it is just me.

Re: Scientists regenerate hair cells that enable hearing

#49
Read (or skimmed) the article and I'm not an English native speaker but... TIL that "hair" can be used also for hearing related things? I thought that hair was just "any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans, mammals, and some other animals."

Re: Scientists regenerate hair cells that enable hearing

#50

Read (or skimmed) the article and I'm not an English native speaker but... TIL that "hair" can be used also for hearing related things? I thought that hair was just "any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans, mammals, and some other animals."

The tiny sensors inside your ear are nerves attached to hair of various lengths. It's specialized, but it's recognizably the same thing as the kind on the outside of your body.
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