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The world-serpent, ouroborically coiled around the cosmos, has eyes sharp enough to perceive half the universe at once. And as he glides in his low gyre, the cosmic seasons turn: soon we will pass from unseen to seen

It is a good poem, and sums things up well for people who have hyperacusis/noxacusis. hyperacusisresearch.org/the-smallest...

The smallest pot's lid: poem about hyperacusis by Berthina Kayembe - Hyperacusis Research

Berthina Kayembe, from Norway, has struggled with hyperacusis for five years. She has written this touching poem, which we are glad to share. “As a singer and guitarist, it’s been heartbreaking to put...

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Love this all compiled together! >> mixmag.net/feature/tinn... #tinnitus #awareness #hearing #health #brain #loveyourears #keeplistening @Mixmag

Here’s every feature we published for Tinnitus Awareness Week

Tinnitus Awareness Week is over but the need to stay informed persists. Check out the full set of articles and videos we published below

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They've developed gene therapy that regenerates inner ear hair cells in mice, i.e. mammals (fish, reptiles, etc, can do this by themselves). This is a big step closer to drugs that reverse human sensorineural hearing loss, i.e. deafness from damage and age. Huge. hms.harvard.edu/news/scienti...

Scientists Regenerate Hair Cells that Enable Hearing

Researchers move closer to gene therapy solution for hearing loss

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Scientists have for the first time managed to restore hearing to people with congenital deafness using gene therapy.

Как слышите? Ученым впервые удалось вернуть слух людям с врожденной глухотой, используя метод генной терапии — Новая газета Европа

Вирусы — не всегда враги: их можно использовать в качестве курьеров, которые доставляют в клетки нужную генетическую информацию. Именно этот способ используют американские и китайские ученые, которые пытаются вернуть людям слух. Метод работает: по результатам одного из первых испытаний пятеро из шести добровольцев с абсолютной глухотой начали различать звуки. Разбираемся, каковы перспективы технологии и в чём ее риски.

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@nytimes: Aissam Dam, 11, was the first person to get gene therapy in the U.S. for congenital deafness. The treatment was a success, introducing a child who had known nothing of sound to a new world. “There’s no sound I don’t like,” he said. https://t.co/nD9efmAo2W https://t.co/zMvNDhClGR