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Hearing loss

Kunsthalle Osnabrück co-director Anna Jehle sits near colorful stained-glass windows inside a church.

The perplexing acoustics of an art show in northwest Germany

September 30, 2021Arts, Culture & Media

American visual artist and filmmaker Alison O’Daniel, who is Hard of Hearing, said her latest exhibition is the best representation of how she hears.

a crowd at a Metallica concert in Denmark.

Can you hear me now?

February 10, 2020Health
A human ear.

This new treatment could combat hearing loss by regenerating hair cells in the inner ear

March 3, 2017Technology

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