This is potentially awesome, life-changing news for anyone afflicted with #NerveDeafness ... It may have come along too late in life to help me, since it's still in the preliminary-research phase. But this made me very happy to read about! [Tip o'the hat to @researchbuzz for the news!]

#deaf #disability #hearing #otology #audiology

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/human-auditory-nerve-model

News - First direct access to the human auditory nerve could offer new hope for individuals with the most common form of deafness - University of Nottingham

The first access route to the complex nerve structures of the human inner ear has been developed by Nottingham scientists as part of an international collaboration including scientists from elsewhere in the UK, Sweden and Canada.