A new gene therapy is giving people born deaf the chance to hear

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by bilsbie

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sgbeal

a day ago

Holy moley. Let's hope this leads to treatments for Tinnitus.

jsilence

a day ago

It works on people with e specific birth gene defect named OTOH. So likely not helping with tinnitus.

sgbeal

a day ago

> So likely not helping with tinnitus.

Not directly, no, but here's hoping that it leads to something in the adjacent field of Tinnitus.

tommieb

20 hours ago

Does that cover those who were impacted by Rubella / German measles before birth?