the researchers describe a little understood passage into the cochlea called the cochlear aqueduct. While the name conjures images of monumental stone architecture, the cochlear aqueduct is thin ...

Using the natural flow of cerebrospinal fluid and the cochlear aqueduct to deliver a gene therapy that repairs inner ear hair cells, the researchers were able to restore hearing in deaf mice.

Inside the ear, a snail-shaped organ called the cochlea takes in pressure information from the eardrum and turns it into nerve impulses that are sent to the brain. A full understanding of how this ...