Effectiveness of a Second Cochlear Implant, New Life for Damaged Hair Cells Among Topics to be Featured at …
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Effectiveness of a Second Cochlear Implant, New Life for Damaged Hair Cells Among Topics to be Featured at …
Scientists have been trying to regenerate hair cells — sensory cells in the inner ear named for the hairlike bundles jutting from their tops — out of surrounding non-sensory cells as a way to make up for hair cell loss in ears damaged by noise, some medicines, and other sources.
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