Old man ears, concert lovers, heavy machinery operators.....hope is on the way!

Dennis Gardner

This looks promising for those of us living with hearing less than what it used to be....uofmhealth.org/news/archive/201410/scientists-restore-hearing-noise-deafened-mice-pointing-way

HHStuart

This could be important for a lot of people. In my case, it was a cherry bomb accident in high school. For many others, it might be too many rock concerts. I hope this pans out.

mrbiron

I have genetic hearing loss and was told i would have hearing aids by 25. One would hope this protein can magically restore what wasn't there to begin with.........hope!

George Grand

The mice are going to buy all the good tix to the shows now.

sucks2beme

My old man ears hear just fine.
Got a cure for excessive ear hair growth?

cnh

sucks2beme wrote: »

My old man ears hear just fine.
Got a cure for excessive ear hair growth?

lol! I have a bad case of that as well, seems like I have to groom more and more regularly. And even my Doctor was aghast at how much hair is IN the ear, not just what grows outside!

Last year, I had a Eustachian tube swell up and close sucking my eardrum in and causing a reduction in hearing--about 50 percent of normal. Took 10 days of some steroidal meds to take down the swelling; and my hearing in both ears actually went from a high of 14Khz (for the last few years) to a solid 15Khz. The "old" dude gained a 1000 Hz, if you can believe that. I was delighted because the gain seems to still be there a year later! Makes you wonder just what your ears are doing to themselves. Of course I still have mild tinnitus but I can usually tune it out and ignore it most of the time. I have to actually listen for it during "silence"!

Still, if this stuff can boost us back to 17-18Khz that would be nice!

Oh to be a teenager today! Imagine the Medical breakthroughs by 2065? A lifespan of 135? The ability to regenerate vision, hearing, etc. Repair aging joints, increase flexibility and agility, mental acuity and memory? And, eventually, a complete understanding of the "aging" process and an END to AGING! Yeah. We were born just 50 to 60 years too early!

cnh

voltz

For me a lot of Rock and a lot of Drop hammers and guns and I was to stupid to realize what I was doing till it was to late

If I could go back and redo it knowing what I know now i would have protected my hearing!

Dennis Gardner

I did a lot of concerts, and played in bands for years, but the most damage came from over a million miles on the highway listening to the radio for 3 hours at a time. You know when you get back into your car and you swear that someone turned up the volume while you were out. Yep, I'm that guy, a volume creeper. I never realized how many times I would crank when a good song came on, only to never turn it back down and wouldn't realize how high I was listening until I returned to the car after a stop. Constant tinnitus now.

voltz

me too, that ringing never stops, and when its really quiet in a room that all I hear, I try not to ever think about it and just ignore it...like I said before ..Crickets don't talk to me anymore

sandworms

dare to dream, hope its real

George Grand

J-57 turbojet engines.

boston1450

sucks2beme wrote: »

My old man ears hear just fine.
Got a cure for excessive ear hair growth?

my daughter will reach over & pull any i have out while im driving & i yell at her to leave me alone