Cochlear implant

Human hearing depends on the cochlea, a snail-shaped structure in the inner ear. A new kind of cochlear implant for people with disabling hearing loss would use beams of light to stimulate the cochlear nerve. LAKSHAY KHURANA AND DANIEL KEPPELER

Gene therapy and optoelectronics could radically upgrade hearing for millions of people

Early evidence suggests hybrid cochlear implants may benefit millions with common form of hearing loss

This shows regenerated auditory nerves after gene therapy (top) compared with no treatment (below). Credit: UNSW Translational Neuroscience Facility

Hearing quality restored with bionic ear technology used for gene therapy

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