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Contributed by Marlaina Cockcroft, staff writer, Healthy HearingAugust 29, 2018 Using light to target hearing issues may sound farfetched, but it’s not. Scientists say the new field of optogenetics could create cochlear implants that give people more natural hearing abilities. A new field called "optogenetics" studies how light-sensitive proteins can be used to improve cochlear implant technology. These cochlear implants skip past malfunctioning hair cells in the cochlea, the organ in the inner ear that translates sound, and connect with nearby auditory nerve cells to get signals to the brain. But it’s difficult to target the right nerve cells, which is why sound through these implants is frequently distorted. Optogenetics, which uses light-sensitive proteins to control living cells, could address that problem...
Contributed by Debbie Clason, staff writer, Healthy Hearing July 19, 2018 If you enjoy water sports, boating or you just forget to take your hearing aids out before showering, you might wonder if you need waterproof hearing aids. Actually, that’s a trick question. Currently, there aren’t any hearing aids on the market which are completely waterproof. Most of them, however, are definitely water resistant, and for most hearing aid wearers, that’s probably good enough. IP ratings and what they mean Always take hearing aids out before enjoying water sports. You may not be familiar with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), but they’ve probably tested the hearing aids you wear to determine how resistant they are to elements such as dust and...
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