8 Mar 2024

Sheep may be key to reducing hearing loss

From Nine To Noon, 9:40 am on 8 March 2024
Sheep

Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon

Scientists from the University of Auckland medical school are working to developing a device to deliver medication deep into the ear to help prevent deafness.

Hearing researcher Dr Haruna Suzuki-Kerr says it is particularly difficult to diagnose and treat issues in the human inner ear. Anatomically the interior of sheep ears are similar to the human ear and they are crucial to the research.