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GOOD NEWS FOR HEARING LOSS

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Good news for us with hearing loss.
Something new on the not so distant horizon for hearing loss. By flipping on a gene that's normally active only during embryonic development hearing can be restored. This new finding may lead to treatments for millions of people with acquired hearing loss. Permanent damage to the sensitive hair cells by aging, disease, certain medications, and even loud sounds are the most common costs of acquiring hearing loss in people. Auditory hair cells found deep inside the inner ear are used to detect sounds. When sound waves reach them, the cells hairlike projections sway with the vibrations and transmit electrical signals to the brains auditory center. The only biological way to induce recovery is by generating new hair cells. The gene is normally expressed during normal embryonic development in cells destined to become hair cells. Once hair cell growth is complete in an embryo the gene shuts off permanently. Animal tests are now nearly finished and human studies will begin. This is truly remarkable. In a very few years this could lead to a treatment for hearing loss. By eliminating the gene that normally stops embryonic development of hair cells researchers caused the hair cells to continue being produced even after birth so there are now two treatments that are possible in the near future. Right now two different groups are tweaking their techniques to perfect the newfound hearing, which they described as a cure most forms of human hearing loss.
So if we can now grow hair deep inside the inner ear, why can't we grow hair on our heads? Is that so difficult?
I think I will go reserve a place in line...
And you, Monte with an e, heard it here first on the MXT forum! We can be just as scientific as them other guys.
PA. Doc
 
Many of us the problem is nerve damamge and last I hear there is still nothing that can be done.
What you are saying is great for those that have this problem and good to hear they are doing something for the millions that are hard of hearing.
I feel sorry fo all those youngens out there with those hi powered stereos in their cars that make the whole block shake when they drive by. I bet many will be wearing hearing aids or deaf by 40.
Rick
 
As for the kids who rattle the world with their sterio's, as much sleep as they have caused me lose in the middle of the night I will say this.
You play the tune, your gonna have to pay the piper.
There should be laws to to protect us from them and them from themselves. I know of some kids who actually got kidney damage from the boom box behind the pickup seat.
 
Fisher Institue has discovered the body will make stem cells from the bone when given the right stuff. Many medical impossibilities have been documented using this science.
 
I've often thought my hearing loss accellerated when they quit making the separate vent window in automobiles. As a smoker, I always had to have a window open to move smoke out of the car for the rest of the family. It was always my window, just inches from my left ear. That's were most of my loss is. (Granted this is all my fault.)
Do you think there's any validity to the idea? Wonder how you could confirm this statistically?
Survey for increase in one sided loss?
Oh well, quit smoking, and went Hallelujah vegan, now I think I've had some recovery, but won't bother testing. I know most of my other health issues have improved greatly, including significant weight loss.
Just a thought!
 
I am also deaf--I dont think there is any posibalty of that hapening as I dont think that would be loud enough--Mine came from Ply wood mills--Shooting--I also inhearted it-I also Quit smooking but that was in 1959-- I have health prob. but I would have been a lot worse if I had kept on smoking--That was the best thing I ever did for my body--Not if I could just take a few years away I would be in great shape--------DeathWind1-------And that wind is getting louder every year---When it quits I am History
 
BillKY,
You said, I always had to have a window open to move smoke out of the car for the rest of the family. It was always my window, just inches from my left ear. That's were most of my loss is. (Granted this is all my fault.) Do you think there's any validity to the idea? Wonder how you could confirm this statistically?
There are many recorded instances of people losing their hearing from working around broken steam pipes, snow guns at ski resorts and jet aircraft.
The sound of rushing air covers the full spectrum of sound from the lowest low to the highest high. Having your ear near a car window with the air rushing by any sharp object will create a vortex effect. This is also how air driven musical instruments work such as trumpets and flutes etc.
For eight years I worked as an instructor at a ski resort in the Poconos. We were always told by management, to keep our students away from the snow guns because of the dangerous effect on their hearing. The guns cover the full spectrum of sound.
For six years I flew A-4 Skyhawk in Vietnam. The air intakes are about ear level with the cockpit. Navy jets don't have any insulation for sound. My helmet fit OK when being checked by the riggers inside the ship but when the canopy was closed and I was waiting for my turn on the cat, the temperatures would be over 100 and sweat would be pouring down off my head. The helmet leaked sound at that point. I had to turn the radios up very loud to overcome the jet noise. Some of the people I flew with are also experiencing hearing loss now that they are older.
I have had the opportunity to watch patients who worked at Bethlehem steel or Mack truck. I have seen their hearing deteriorate. Any industry that produces constant noise for an eight hour shift will have effects on hearing.
Time will tell with the younger generation and their affinity for loud music what effect it will have later in their lives. I'm sure we already know the answer.
I hope my input answers your question.
PA. Doc
 
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