http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/01/28/antibiotic.found.protect.hearing.mice
This research project arose in concern for premature infants being airlifted to children hospitals over the bi-state area. A flight nurse who has witnessed transporting these infants was worried about the helicopter noise permanently damaging their ears that were not fully developed. In addition a drug was given to help the children with their immune system, which also could injure or effect their hearing making them prone to hearing loss or defect. To prevent this from happening further researchers turned to mice. Mice and small infants both are effected by drugs that could result in hearing loss or promote hearing. According to pilots and flight nurses a child, for about 30 seconds gets about 100 decibels of noise which is equivalent to a lawnmower. And that amount of noise for an infant is very effective on hearing. The researchers gave twenty-thirty day old mice a injection of kanamycin or a saline solution. As a result these mice were very sensitive to noise induced hearing loss. A regular low dose of kanamycin completely protected the mice from sensory cell damage and hearing loss.
Discovering what makes this happen could benefit people who work with loud heavy machinery such as airline workers or engineers to the military. Of course this could also benefit those premature babies who have to get lifted into a helicopter for medical attention. I find that this could be very effective and potentially protect those who are loosing those sensory hearing cells. It might even be able to provide help or a possible boost to elderly that are naturally loosing their hearing.
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Antibiotic Found to Protect Hearing in Mice
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/01/28/antibiotic.found.protect.hearing.mice
This research project arose in concern for premature infants being airlifted to children hospitals over the bi-state area. A flight nurse who has witnessed transporting these infants was worried about the helicopter noise permanently damaging their ears that were not fully developed. In addition a drug was given to help the children with their immune system, which also could injure or effect their hearing making them prone to hearing loss or defect. To prevent this from happening further researchers turned to mice. Mice and small infants both are effected by drugs that could result in hearing loss or promote hearing. According to pilots and flight nurses a child, for about 30 seconds gets about 100 decibels of noise which is equivalent to a lawnmower. And that amount of noise for an infant is very effective on hearing. The reasearchers gave twenty-thirty day old mice a injection of kanamycin or a saline solution. As a result these mice were very sensitive to noise induced hearing loss. A regular low dose of kanamycin completely protected the mice from sensory cell damage and hearing loss.
Discovering what makes this happen could benefit people who work with loud heavy machinery such as airline workers or engineers to the military. Of course this could also benefit those premature babies who have to get lifted into a helicopter for medical attention. I find that this could be very effective and potentially protect those who are loosing those sensory hearing cells. It might even be able to provide help or a possible boost to elderly that are naturally loosing their hearing.
This research project arose in concern for premature infants being airlifted to children hospitals over the bi-state area. A flight nurse who has witnessed transporting these infants was worried about the helicopter noise permanently damaging their ears that were not fully developed. In addition a drug was given to help the children with their immune system, which also could injure or effect their hearing making them prone to hearing loss or defect. To prevent this from happening further researchers turned to mice. Mice and small infants both are effected by drugs that could result in hearing loss or promote hearing. According to pilots and flight nurses a child, for about 30 seconds gets about 100 decibels of noise which is equivalent to a lawnmower. And that amount of noise for an infant is very effective on hearing. The reasearchers gave twenty-thirty day old mice a injection of kanamycin or a saline solution. As a result these mice were very sensitive to noise induced hearing loss. A regular low dose of kanamycin completely protected the mice from sensory cell damage and hearing loss.
Discovering what makes this happen could benefit people who work with loud heavy machinery such as airline workers or engineers to the military. Of course this could also benefit those premature babies who have to get lifted into a helicopter for medical attention. I find that this could be very effective and potentially protect those who are loosing those sensory hearing cells. It might even be able to provide help or a possible boost to elderly that are naturally loosing their hearing.
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