I’m now passionate about helping other moms live their own story of hope and healing amidst hearing loss in their children. I understand how overwhelming it feels for a mom to receive that first diagnosis that your child has hearing loss.
A Boost to Inner Ear Organoid Development
This paper explored the potential of the stem cell-derived inner ear organoid system for studying early mammalian placode development. The results will benefit future inner ear organoid applications, such as high-throughput drug screening and cell therapy.
Adventures and Revelations From Getting Hearing Aids
Contemporary hearing aids are virtually invisible, and since everyone has things sticking in and around their ears these days, it’s a non-event.
Brain Health in the News
The better question may be, do hearing aids reduce dementia, or does dementia reduce hearing aid use? This is the title of a May 2023 Hearing Journal paper.
Apple Hearing Study Update
The latest update shared the perhaps not unsurprising statistic that an estimated one in three adult Americans are exposed to excessive noise levels, above an annual average of 70 dBA.
Bellucci Symposium on Hearing Research May 19
We’re happy to see so many familiar faces who will be presenting at a one-day hybrid research symposium hosted by Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. This event will be presented by Creighton’s Translational Hearing Center and is free and open to the public.
Drug-Like Molecules Regenerate Hair Cell-Like Cells in Adult Mice
“Think about a brake when driving a car,” Chen explains. “If the brake is always engaged, you can’t drive. We found an siRNA that could remove the brake in this genetic pathway.”
Brain Connectivity Patterns in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder had different patterns of brain connectivity between areas involved in speech processing, particularly in the parietal region, which is important for combining different sounds into speech objects.
Research Pioneers Help Us Sustain Our Science
One way to help all those with hearing conditions is to become a Research Pioneer, a special group of friends who give a monthly gift to support HHF. Research Pioneers provide predictable funding we can count on to fund life-changing scientific breakthroughs.
Hearing Aids May Protect Against a Higher Risk of Dementia Associated With Hearing Loss
People experiencing hearing loss who are not using a hearing aid may have a higher risk of dementia than people without hearing loss. However, using a hearing aid may reduce this risk to the same level as people without hearing loss, according to the Lancet Public Health research.