Inner ear

Proteins and genetics in hearing
Structure of Inner-Ear Protein Is Key to Both Hearing and Inherited Deafness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100416185146.htm

Clues To Beating Hearing Loss

"The Leeds team has discovered that the myosin 7 motor protein - found in the tiny hairs of the inner ear that pick up sound - moves and works in a different way from many other myosins. "

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090304092012.htm

Genes In Human Inner Ear Cells Restored "Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have discovered a way to transfer genes, which they hope will restore hearing, into diseased tissue of the human inner ear. This important step brings scientists closer to curing genetic or acquired hearing loss."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070614082041.htm

Genetic Hearing Loss May Be Reversible Without Gene Therapy

really a mouse article http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070222155400.htm

Otitis media, or inflammation of the inner ear, is caused by biofilm.

Swimming in chlorinated pools helps stops infection of the ear.