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Quick—what’s that smell? Mammal brains identify type of scent faster than once thought
NYU Langone Health (11/16/2017)
Inner ear stem cells may someday restore hearing: Rutgers-led study shows promise and potential peril in reversing hearing loss
Rutgers University (11/06/2017)
Navigating the genome to cure deafness: Discovery of long-encoding RNAs in the auditory system may solve a piece of the deafness puzzle
Tel Aviv University via EurekAlert! (11/02/2017)
Mistakes in how proteins of the ear are built contribute to early hearing loss
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine (10/26/2017)
Case Western Reserve research advance may prevent a form of hereditary hearing loss: Four-fold improvement in hearing for a mouse model of deafness
Case Western Reserve University (10/26/2017)
Brain training can improve our understanding of speech in noisy places
Massachusetts Eye and Ear (10/19/2017)
Her dizziness started after two days on a boat, and then it never went away
Laureate Institute for Brain Research and Icahn School of Medicine via Washington Post (09/30/2017)
The easiest place to use CRISPR might be in your ear
Massachusetts Eye and Ear via MIT Technology Review (09/22/2017)
Outside-in reprogramming: Antibody study suggests a better way to make stem cells
Scripps Research Institute (09/11/2017)
Interrupting Parkinson’s disease: Treating with antioxidants early in disease process may halt degeneration and improve neuronal function
Northwestern University (09/07/2017)
Booger bacteria’s sweet immune suppression: Sweet taste receptor-activating molecules produced by sinus microbes suppress the local innate immune system in humans
University of Pennsylvania, Monell Center, and Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center via The Scientist (09/06/2017)
Inflammation required for “smell” tissue regeneration
Johns Hopkins Medicine (08/30/2017)
Study suggests serotonin may worsen tinnitus
Oregon Health and Science University (08/22/2017)
Some nerves: How loud noise may change hearing
University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, via The Conversation (08/21/2017)
Specific language impairment: What do we know?
University of Kansas via Adjacent Open Access (08/15/2017)