Reducing Zinc Levels in the Inner Ear May Someday Help to Prevent Hearing Loss from Noise

Noisy Planet News November 6, 2024 Reducing Zinc Levels in the Inner Ear May Someday Help to Prevent Hearing Loss from Noise Because our ability to hear is so important, scientists are looking for new ways to help protect our hearing from damage caused by noise. According to research using mouse models at the University of Pittsburgh, one way could eventually be to trap excess amounts of a type of zinc that is released in the inner ear after exposure to loud noise. Read more >> Popular Topics Parents Kids and Preteens Educators and Health Professionals Multimedia Library Publications Have You Heard? 31 Center Drive, MSC 2320 Bethesda, MD USA 20892-2320 NPInfo@nidcd.nih.gov FOLLOW US It's a Noisy Planet. Protect Their Hearing.® is a national public education campaign supported and administered by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), part of the National Institutes of Health. The campaign is designed to increase awareness among children ages 8 to 12 (preteens) and their parents about the causes and prevention of noise-induced hearing loss. With this information, parents and other adults can encourage children to adopt healthy hearing habits before and during the time that they develop listening, leisure, and working habits. To find out more about how to protect your hearing and that of your family, visit the Noisy Planet website. Unsubscribe from this newsletter NIDCD is part of the National Institutes of Health, the nation's medical research agency. NIH… Turning Discovery Into Health®

 

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