The Audiologist Informer

The results of this study published in 'Nature' demonstrate that the antioxidant pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ, also called methoxatin) has a protective effect from both NIHL and ARHL in mice. Because PQQ can be given safely to humans, it can be a useful therapeutic drug for the treatment and prevention of NIHL and ARHL in humans, say the researchers.

Williams-Beuren Syndrome is caused by a loss of 27 genes resulting in profound learning disabilities—but better-than-normal ability for auditory processing and musicality. St. Jude scientists identified the mechanism by which the syndrome enhances discrimination between sounds as interneuron hyperexcitability in the auditory cortex.

Until now, it was thought that each hair cell in the cochlea had its own “best frequency” to which it responded most. In a first-of-its-kind discovery, OHSU and Linköping University researchers found that hair cells in the cochlea of guinea pigs react simultaneously to low-frequency sound.

The singer K.Flay recently told fans on Instagram that she's grappling with single-sided deafness in her right ear.