Study points to possible new therapy for hearing loss
(PHYSorg.com Medicine & Health)

Researchers have taken an important step toward what may become a new approach to restore hearing loss. In a new study, out today in the European Journal of Neuroscience, scientists have been able to regrow the sensory hair cells found in the cochlea-a part of the inner ear-that converts sound vibrations into electrical signals and can be permanently lost due to age or noise damage.