British medical bulletin
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British medical bulletin · Jan 2013
New strategies for the restoration of hearing loss: challenges and opportunities.
For most types of hearing impairments, a definitive therapy would rest on the ability to restore hair cells and the spiral ganglion neurons. The only established technique to treat deafness is based on the functional replacement of hair cells with a cochlear implant, but this still has important limitations. ⋯ In this chapter, I discuss the latest advances in the field and how they are being translated into a clinical application.