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Bilateral gene therapy restores hearing in children with genetic deafness

News-Medical.Net — June 5, 2024, 07:00 PM UTC

Summary: A new bilateral gene therapy successfully restored hearing in five children with inherited deafness in both ears, improving speech perception and sound localization. The study, published in Nature Medicine, is the first to administer gene therapy bilaterally. Over 430 million people worldwide have disabling hearing loss, with genetic factors causing up to 60% of childhood deafness. The therapy shows promise for treating DFNB9 and may expand to other causes of deafness.

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    Gene therapy restores hearing in deaf children (Japan Today)
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    Gene therapy trial restores hearing in children with hereditary deafness (News-Medical.Net)
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    New gene therapy restores hearing for some deaf children (The Japan Times)
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    Gene therapy restores hearing in children born deaf (The Hearing Review)
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    Gene therapy trial restores hearing in both ears for deaf children (The Guardian)
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