Researchers identify gene in age-related hearing loss
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 09:00
in Biology & Nature
Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, accounts for 30 percent of all hearing loss. So, why do some people lose their hearing as they get older but other people can still hear a pin drop? The answer may be in a study released online in the journal Human Molecular Genetics...
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