Tag: Sensorineural deafness

• Gene causing sensorineural hearing loss identified

  A causative gene for a highly common type of hearing loss (sensorineural hearing loss, or SNHL) has been identified by a group of Japanese researchers, who successfully replicated the condition using a transgenic mouse. This discovery could potentially be used to develop new treatments for hearing loss. The findings were published on October 5 in…

  Sreeram Penna

  October 7, 2016