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Gene Cure For Inherited Deafness Effective, Long Lasting, Clinical Trial Finds

THURSDAY, April 23, 2026 — A new gene therapy to treat inherited deafness produces a lasting cure, a new international study has found. The treatment, which targets the OTOF gene,...

Gene therapy for a rare type of deafness shows lasting results

Researchers say a gene therapy allowed deaf children and adults as old as 32 to hear for the first time. The benefits have persisted for more than two years for some patients.

New Gene Therapy Enables Children With a Rare Form of Deafness to Hear

The treatment, the first of its kind, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. “Our baby was born deaf, and now he can hear,” said one parent.

Gene Therapy for Inherited Deafness Shows Lasting Hearing Restoration

A multicenter study found a one-time treatment targeting the OTOF gene restored hearing in most participants, with effects lasting up to 2.5 years.

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Gene therapy restores hearing for toddler born completely deaf

Travis Smith was 1 year old when he underwent surgery on both ears. He's now babbling, dancing and laughing.

The FDA gives the green light to the first gene therapy for deafness

The treatment, developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, is for a very rare form of deafness. But it represents a medical milestone.

New Gene Therapy Can Restore Hearing in Deaf Kids—And It Comes With an Unexpected Price Tag

A breakthrough FDA-approved treatment is changing how genetic deafness is treated.

A Deaf Manifesto on Motherhood

At age 12, Sara Nović went deaf, but not all at once. First, she lost the wind, then the dripping of a leaky faucet, and then certain consonants. She writes in her memoir, “What is...

Word-deafness phenotype in logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia: A multicenter retrospective case series

Background: PPA-variant attribution of the clinically overt word-deafness phenotype remains incompletely characterized. Word deafness has been described across PPA phenotypes, but...

First Gene Therapy for Genetic Hearing Loss, Otarmeni, Gains FDA Approval

MONDAY, April 27, 2026 — In a historic leap for medical science, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has greenlit the first-ever gene therapy to treat a rare form of inheri...

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US approves first gene therapy for rare form of hearing loss

US health officials on Thursday greenlit a first-of-its-kind gene therapy to treat a rare form of hereditary hearing loss, a breakthrough that could pave the way for other such hea...

Redefining Neuroplasticity Through Selective Deactivation

A new study finds that the auditory cortex in deaf individuals uses selective deactivation to represent visual spatial features.

Princess Royal joins Deaf Academy students to mark 200 years of Deaf education (BSL)

Two hundred years after opening its doors in Exeter as England’s first Deaf school, the Deaf Academy marked a major […]