A new gene therapy is giving people born deaf the chance to hear, often within just weeks. In a small but groundbreaking ...
A groundbreaking gene therapy trial has successfully restored hearing in individuals with a rare form of congenital deafness.
Why are some people unable to hear from birth, even though their inner ear appears intact? One possible cause lies in the ...
The treatment targets a specific type of inherited deafness caused by mutations in a gene called OTOF.
Gene therapy has allowed several children born with inherited deafness to hear. A small study published Wednesday documents significantly restored hearing in five of six kids treated in China. On ...
Dr. Yilai Shu communicates with a young patient at the Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai, China. (Photo courtesy of the Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University via Courthouse ...
Sian Heder’s CODA, a movie about a Deaf family and their musically-inclined hearing daughter, sold for a festival-record $25 million to Apple at the Sundance Film Festival. If investor appeal equals ...