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Hearing Loss and the Brain

May 3, 2018

Hearing loss is the most common neurological disorder, affecting an estimated 360 million adults and children worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Yet there are no biological treatments to restore hearing once it’s lost.

Harvard Medical School faculty members are determined to change that.

Take Jeffrey R. Holt, PhD, an HMS professor of otolaryngology and neurology and director of otolaryngology research at the F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center at Boston Children’s Hospital. He conducts research on “sensory hair cells,” the tiny inner-ear cells that...

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