A new Tel Aviv University study solves a critical piece of the puzzle of human deafness by identifying the first group of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the auditory system. "The research on long ...

A new study co-led by investigators from Mass Eye and Ear, a member of Mass General Brigham, demonstrated the effectiveness of a gene therapy towards restoring hearing function for children suffering ...

Children with hereditary deafness regained their hearing thanks to a type of gene therapy, a new study published on Wednesday found. In a clinical trial, co-led by investigators from Mass Eye and Ear, ...

Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are using an National Science Foundation grant valued at nearly $500,000 to study the challenges of how STEM students from diverse ...

A single injection into the inner ear restored functional hearing in 90% of people born deaf because of mutations in the OTOF gene, according to results from a clinical trial published in Nature in ...

The Center on Cognition and Language, created in 2016, is the only center of its kind in the world led by a deaf director and staffed primarily by deaf researchers. Peter Hauser is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2020, National Research Group (NRG) released a comprehensive look at Black representation on-screen. That study, which found ...

New candidate genes which could be responsible for deafness have been identified. Congenital deafness (hearing loss from birth) is common, impacting around one in 1,000 babies born in the UK. The ...

Adjusting to university life tends to be tough no matter who you are. But what happens when deafness makes the usual demands even more difficult? Deaf students or those who are hard of hearing need ...