Hearing threshold
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1Fecal microbiota transplantation
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Fecal microbiota transplantation
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Fecal microbiota transplantation impairs hearing threshold in mice.
Animalsdonor with ARHLgut microbiota of ARHL patients
Gut microbes from hearing loss patients trigger inner ear damage in young mice · Research Square · 30 Sep 2026 · Preprint
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2Auditory nerve myelin degeneration defines a subtype of age-related hearing loss
Researchers linked poor auditory nerve synchrony and myelin degradation to amplified communication difficulties in older humans, beyond standard hearing thresholds.
Gut microbes from hearing loss patients trigger inner ear damage in young mice
Fecal transplants from elderly hearing loss patients induced blood-labyrinth barrier breakdown, neuroinflammation, and hair cell loss in recipient mice.