Gene therapy restored hearing in deaf patients

This is great news. Hopefully this will be expanded to other forms deafness like those caused by ototoxic medication, ear infections, and general sensorineural hearing loss.

Re: Gene therapy restored hearing in deaf patients

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Post by agumonkey » Wed, Jul 02, 2025, 5:09 PM UTC

vonnik wrote: post #2

adjacent, same trend: https://news.ufl.edu/2024/09/blindness-gene-therapy/

somehow it seems the singularity is here .. i hope it's well distributed

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 02, 2025, 5:12 PM UTC

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Post by im3w1l » Wed, Jul 02, 2025, 5:14 PM UTC

jonathanlb wrote: post #6

This is great news. Hopefully this will be expanded to other forms deafness like those caused by ototoxic medication, ear infections, and general sensorineural hearing loss.

This particular study looks like it's dealing with a pretty narrow condition and solution (protein missing - add gene for protein). I don't think this particular research can be extended the way you hope.

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Post by guerrilla » Wed, Jul 02, 2025, 5:15 PM UTC

d0100 wrote: post #4

Anyone from the deaf community that can tell us how these kind of news are received? I wonder how this compares to animosity towards coclear implants by a subsection of the community

That was my first thought too. I wonder how many people would choose to stay deaf just to stay in the community.