Noise-induced hearing loss has also been a huge problem in combat veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The most common form of hearing loss is caused by the death of cochlear hair cells in ...

We work on what induces the inner ear in the first place, how the sensory organs of the ear acquire their exquisite pattern, and whether it will ever be possible to regenerate the sensory hair cells ...

The Rivolta laboratory is dedicated to study the biology and behaviour of auditory stem cells (primarily human) and to explore their potential to regenerate the damaged inner ear. Hearing loss has ...

Stupid question, but…” is a column answering the not-so-stupid questions that, at this point, we’re all too afraid to ask.