109th issue of the "Lettre de l'Institut Pasteur" out now

The latest issue of the quarterly newsletter for Institut Pasteur donors – the "Lettre de l'Institut Pasteur" (LIP) – contains a special report on hearing loss.

In recent years, progress in research on hearing mechanisms and the factors responsible for hearing disorders has raised hopes for future preventive and curative therapies. Currently the only solutions for hearing loss are external hearing aids and cochlear implants. The issue is becoming increasingly urgent given the number of people affected by hearing loss, the most common sensory disorder in humans.

This issue of the LIP reports on a major event for hearing loss research: the opening of the Hearing Institute on February 28. This is an opportunity to find out more about the teams and the research carried out at this Institut Pasteur center, directed by Professor Christine Petit, which promotes an integrative approach to auditory neuroscience with the aim of developing innovative diagnostic methods and preventive and curative treatments for a condition that currently affects nearly 500 million people worldwide.

Consult the latest issue of the LIP