{"id":3431,"date":"2017-10-26T15:45:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T19:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speechandhearingassoc.fm1.dev\/new-way-to-grow-hair-cells-in-the-lab-might-lead-to-hearing-loss-treatment\/"},"modified":"2017-10-26T15:45:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T19:45:34","slug":"new-way-to-grow-hair-cells-in-the-lab-might-lead-to-hearing-loss-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speechandhearingassoc.com\/new-way-to-grow-hair-cells-in-the-lab-might-lead-to-hearing-loss-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"New Way to Grow Hair Cells in the Lab Might Lead to Hearing Loss Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"
People who have lost their hearing may one day be able to get it back, thanks to recent research on the inner ear. Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health have discovered a way to replace the delicate cells in the inner ear that enable us to hear. Using inner ear tissue from mice, non-human primates (rhesus macaques), and humans, the scientists grew a large batch of the delicate sound-detecting cells, called hair cells. The new study shows that the scientists can grow enough hair cells to test possible drug treatments for hearing loss in living cells.<\/p>\n