We know that certain medicines can harm hearing as a side-effect. Action on Hearing Loss have recently funded research to understand how a new drug, derived from Zebrafish, of all things, might protect hearing.   Find out more here.

Scotland’s 3,300 deaf children are facing a growing education crisis that is leaving their futures hanging in the balance, according to new research Full article from National Deaf Children’s Society is available here.

Using genetic tools in mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have identified a pair of proteins that precisely control when sound-detecting cells, known as hair cells, are born in the mammalian inner ear. The proteins, described in a report published June 12 in eLife, may hold a key to future therapies to restore […]

We welcome Clear Audio Systems Ltd to our Association as our newest member!  We look forward to working with them.

The AGM will be held on 14 November at 3pm-4pm (GMT) and all IHLMA members are invited to attend.  This will be a remote dial-in meeting and please advise Ros at admin@ihlma.org.uk if you wish to attend, so she can send you the details on how to access the meeting.