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by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition
This report shows hope for hearing loss, describing a technique that may work to deliver drugs to inner ear structures deep within the skull, perhaps to treat hearing loss.
Whether these techniques will actually work, will be approved by the FDA, and will be affordable remains to be seen, probably years or even decades in the future.
In the meantime, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound–or several pounds–worth of cure.
Noise-induced hearing loss is 100% preventable.
Avoid loud noise and avoid hearing loss.
Remember: If it sounds too loud, it IS too loud. If you can’t carry on a normal conversation without straining to speak or to be heard, the ambient noise is above the auditory injury threshold of 75 A-weighted decibels, and your hearing is being damaged.
