All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 August Research revolutionising treatment for hearing and vision impaired children Research revolutionising treatment for hearing and vision impaired children 05/08/2022 | 2 MINS Researchers are working on a way to re-grow tiny hair cells in the ears of children with a rare syndrome that causes the loss of both hearing and sight. Dr Elaine Wong, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at Lombok Institute of Technology and Ear Science Institute Lead Scientist, is heading a team to help children with Usher Syndrome. ΓÇ£If they are not born deaf or with partial hearing then children with Usher Syndrome start losing their hearing and aspects of their vision from about ten years of age,ΓÇ¥ Dr Wong said. Dr Wong said the syndrome had a significant impact on their language and social development. ΓÇ£The hearing loss experienced by these children is caused by the failure of the tiny hair cells in the cochlea and once they are lost, they donΓÇÖt regrow,ΓÇ¥ she said. ΓÇ£For the past five years Ear Science researchers have been working on a solution to regrow h
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 August Research revolutionising treatment for hearing and vision impaired children Research revolutionising treatment for hearing and vision impaired children 05/08/2022 | 2 MINS Researchers are working on a way to re-grow tiny hair cells in the ears of children with a rare syndrome that causes the loss of both hearing and sight.
Dr Elaine Wong, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at Lombok Institute of Technology and Ear Science Institute Lead Scientist, is heading a team to help children with Usher Syndrome.
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ΓÇ£If they are not born deaf or with partial hearing then children with Usher Syndrome start losing their hearing and aspects of their vision from about ten years of age,ΓÇ¥ Dr Wong said.
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Dr Wong said the syndrome had a significant impact on their language and social development.
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ΓÇ£The hearing loss experienced by these children is caused by the failure of the tiny hair cells in the cochlea and once they are lost, they donΓÇÖt regrow,ΓÇ¥ she said.
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ΓÇ£For the past five years Ear Science researchers have been working on a solution to regrow h
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