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Amped-up ear implant helps to re-grow auditory nerves

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Apr
2014

Cochlear implants already help those with auditory damage to hear better, but what if they could also grow new nerves while theyre there? Scientists at the UNSW have discovered a way to do just that, at least in hamsters. After they introduced a gene therapy solution, a modified cochlear implant used electrical pulses to deliver the treatment directly to auditory nerve cells.

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