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High-Tech Hope for the Hard of Hearing
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High-Tech Hope for the Hard of Hearing

Scientists searching for ways to restore hearing have been making a number of promising discoveries.

David Owen
The New Yorker, 2017
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New Yorker staff writer David Owen provides a simple explanation of how and why hearing loss occurs. He reveals some scary realities – for example, hearing loss can happen more easily than you think – but he follows up with reassuring science and technology. Owen explores lab experiments that reverse deafness in mice and hearing aids that you can control with your smartphone. The news is largely positive, and options exist even for the more budget-conscious. getAbstract recommends Owen’s report to anyone affected by hearing loss.

Take-Aways

  • An estimated 37 million adults in the United States suffer from some degree of hearing loss. Once you lose your hearing, your body can’t restore it.
  • Injury to either the tiny “hair cells” inside the ear or the nerve synapses to which they connect causes most hearing loss.
  • Lower-level noise that was once thought safe may cause some hearing loss.

About the Author

David Owen is a staff writer at The New Yorker.

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