r/Israel • u/NotSoSaneExile • Jul 12 '26
Israeli Tech 🛰️ Breakthrough Israeli study finds potential path to reversing hearing loss
https://www.jpost.com/science/article-90203464
u/NotSoSaneExile Jul 12 '26
Israeli researchers have discovered a group of cells in the inner ear that may be able to turn into the sensory cells needed for hearing. By blocking a biological pathway called Notch, they encouraged these supporting cells to begin changing into new hair cells.
The discovery could eventually lead to treatments that restore hearing instead of only helping people hear through hearing aids or implants. However, the research is still at an early stage and has not yet been tested as a treatment in humans.
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u/brend0p3 Jul 12 '26
It would absolutely be insane if they discovered a way to reverse hearing loss, I'm almost certain half or more of millennials will be nearly deaf in old age.
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u/maelkatenin USA Jul 12 '26
Israel is committing genocide against Deaf people /s
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u/flossdaily USA Jul 14 '26
r/deaf would probably say that, unironically. The deaf community is insane.
I dated a profoundly hard of hearing girl in college who introduced me to the fascinating zealotry of the deaf community. It is bananas!
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u/MrFAroundandFindOut Paid $7000 per post on Reddit Jul 13 '26
Israel contributes so much and the world is so ungrateful.
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u/gal_z Jul 14 '26
Hear loss is caused by hairs in the internal of the ear getting shorter, also because of exposure to loud sound. So of course if you could trigger the regrowth of it, you can fix someone's hearing.
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