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Barn owls naturally repair ear damage, offering clues for human hearing treatments
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Birds are protected from age-related hearing loss. These are able to naturally repair damage to the inner ear.
Humans lost these regenerative abilities at some point in evolution.
Understanding more about the "ageless ears" of barn owls could help develop new treatments for human hearing problems.
The study was published in the Royal Society Proceedings B journal.
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Professor in Division for Animal Physiology and Behavior at the University of Oldenburg.
written by Helen Briggs
