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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modulation of Wnt Signaling Enhances Inner Ear Organoid Development in 3D Culture.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Stem cell-derived inner ear sensory epithelia are a promising source of tissues for treating patients with hearing loss and dizziness. We recently demonstrated how to generate inner ear sensory epithelia, designated as inner ear organoids, from mouse ...
Rachel E DeJonge   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Electrogenic transport and K(+) ion channel expression by the human endolymphatic sac epithelium. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The endolymphatic sac (ES) is a cystic organ that is a part of the inner ear and is connected to the cochlea and vestibule. The ES is thought to be involved in inner ear ion homeostasis and fluid volume regulation for the maintenance of hearing and ...
Choi, Jae Young   +8 more
core   +13 more sources

Soft Ionic and Electronic Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Toward Attachable and Implantable Biomedical Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review provides an overview of triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG)–based biomedical applications by classifying studies into electronic and ionic systems across attachable and implantable platforms. It summarizes key material choices, device structures, and working mechanisms that characterize current TENG‐based research, and outlines six future ...
Kyongtae Choi   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biomaterial-based drug delivery systems in the treatment of inner ear disorders

open access: yesJournal of Nanobiotechnology
Inner ear disorders are among the predominant etiology of hearing loss. The blood-labyrinth barrier limits the ability of drugs to attain pharmacologically effective concentrations within the inner ear; consequently, delivering drugs systemically is ...
Hong Cheng   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surgical procedure of intratympanic injection and inner ear pharmacokinetics simulation in domestic pigs

open access: yesFrontiers in Pharmacology
Introduction: One major obstacle in validating drugs for the treatment or prevention of hearing loss is the limited data available on the distribution and concentration of drugs in the human inner ear.
Adele Moatti   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

Direct SARS-CoV-2 infection of the human inner ear may underlie COVID-19-associated audiovestibular dysfunction

open access: yesCommunications Medicine, 2021
Plain language summary Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. A growing number of sensory symptoms have been linked to this illness.
Minjin Jeong   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hearing loss in Takayasu's arteritis: a role for hyperbaric oxygen therapy? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In the scientific community, there is growing interest regarding associated symptoms in Takayasu’s arteritis (TA), an autoimmune condition that mainly affects the medium and large arteries.
de Vincentiis, Marco   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Elastomeric Micro‐Balloons for Remote Control of Cerebral Blood Flow and Real‐Time In vivo Imaging of Rodent Brain Response to Hypoperfusion

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This study reports the fabrication of MRI‐compatible elastomeric micro‐balloons via a multi‐step bubble casting process, where the monolithic elastomeric wall is selectively stiffened for reversible and controlled inflation and elasticity, depending on the target vessels for graded occlusion of cerebral arteries.
Jong Bin Kim   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inner Ear Active Hearing Device in Non-Otosclerotic, Severe, Mixed Hearing Loss [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
OBJECTIVE: To verify the efficacy of a powerful active hearing device in a patient different from far-advanced otosclerosis, specifically when the stapes footplate is mobile.
Barbara, Maurizio   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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