Study: Hearing develops in tandem with form and function

Mouse model insight could focus future hearing loss reversal research on early development

By Erik Robinson January 02, 2020 Portland, Oregon

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Peter Barr-Gillespie, Ph.D., executive vice president and chief research officer, 2018. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Jocelyn Krey, Ph.D., staff scientist in the Oregon Hearing Research Center and the Vollum Institute at OHSU. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Hair bundle

Electron microscopy images reveal the classic stair-stepping form of mature hair bundles in the inner ear of mice. New research provides important clues about how scientists might develop techniques to regenerate hair cells and reverse hearing loss. (OHSU)