deafness - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org Let No Man Take Your Crown Thu, 09 May 2024 22:29:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-Screen-Shot-2024-05-16-at-1.06.13-PM-32x32.png deafness - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org 32 32 Pioneering gene therapy restores UK girl’s hearing https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/pioneering-gene-therapy-restores-uk-girls-hearing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pioneering-gene-therapy-restores-uk-girls-hearing Thu, 09 May 2024 22:29:11 +0000 https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/?p=45766 A UK girl born deaf can now hear unaided, after a groundbreaking gene-therapy treatment. Opal Sandy was treated shortly before her first birthday – and six months on, can hear sounds as soft as a whisper and is starting to … Read More

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A UK girl born deaf can now hear unaided, after a groundbreaking gene-therapy treatment.

Opal Sandy was treated shortly before her first birthday – and six months on, can hear sounds as soft as a whisper and is starting to talk, saying words such as “Mama”, “Dada” and “uh-oh”.

Given as an infusion into the ear, the therapy replaces faulty DNA causing her type of inherited deafness.

Opal is part of a trial recruiting patients in the UK, US and Spain.

Doctors in other countries, including China, are also exploring very similar treatments for the Otof gene mutation Opal has.

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Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-68921561

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