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Old brains can’t hear similar sounds but a drug can change that

29 June 2017

As we age, telling tones apart gets harder – which makes learning languages difficult. A drug that restores hearing in old mice may one day improve human hearing

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Old brains can’t hear similar sounds but a drug can change that

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