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Since the mammalian cochlea lacks any intrinsic ability to regenerate, genetic reprogramming of cochlear supporting cells that lie adjacent to hair cells is a potential option for hearing restoration therapies. We targeted cochlear supporting cells with three hair cell transcription factors: Atoh1, or Atoh1 + Gfi1, or Atoh1 + Gfi1 + Pou4f3 and found that 1- and 2-factor reprogramming is not sufficient to reprogram adult supporting cells into hair cells. However, activation of all three hair cell transcription factors reprogrammed some adult supporting cells into hair cell-like cells. We found that killing endogenous hair cells significantly improved the ability of supporting cells to be reprogrammed and regenerated numerous hair cell-like cells throughout the length of the cochlea. These regenerated hair cell-like cells expressed myosin VIIa and parvalbumin, as well as the mature outer hair cell protein prestin, were innervated, expressed proteins associated with ribbon synapses, and formed rudimentary stereociliary bundles. 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