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Article: Sound solutions sampled.
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- Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK)
- Article date:
- May 30, 2006
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Byline: Brian Sargent
May 30--Researchers seek to treat hearing loss Nerve deafness cannot be cured, but that could change in less than 20 years. Researchers are working to regenerate damaged sensory hair cells and nerve endings, and regeneration is just one new technology scientists are investigating.
New treatment options could help about 109,000 Oklahomans and about 10.3 million Americans who are deaf or have partial hearing loss, according to 2004 U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Deafness is the most common sensory disability for Oklahomans. Types of deafness
Conductive deafness is caused by a problem in the ear canal, ear drum or fluid in the middle ...