Optogenetic cure for deafness

• Autores: Clare Wilson
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3082, 2016, pág. 10
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Light could help restore hearing. Improved cochlear implant may one day rely on a combination of miniature LEDs and gene therapy. Standard cochlear implants use an electrode Inside the cochlea--the ear's tiny spiral cavity--to stimulate auditory nerves. But they give users distorted hearing, making people sound like daleks. That's because they only distinguish between around a dozen frequencies or "channels", whereas people who aren't deaf can discriminate between about 2000.