04.04.2016Article in Decibel: "Suffering hearing loss in old age despite healthy ears?"

Until today, it has been widely believed that age-related hearing loss is mainly caused by ageing processes in the inner ear. Research at the University of Zurich UZH shows that hearing loss is largely due to age-related changes in the auditory cortex of the brain.

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