In the Inner Ear, UVA Finds An Essential Key to Hearing Sensitivity (image)

University of Virginia Health System

Caption

Jung-Bum Shin, PhD, of UVA's Department of Neuroscience, has shed light on the biological architecture that lets us hear - and on a genetic disorder that causes both deafness and blindness.

Credit

Dan Addison | UVA Communications

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