Deafness reversed: Single injection brings hearing back within weeks

[Chock Full o Nuts]

Sounds like a huge step in making deafness a thing of the past.

Deafness reversed: Single injection brings hearing back within weeks

A cutting-edge gene therapy has significantly restored hearing in children and adults with congenital deafness, showing dramatic results just one month after a single injection. Researchers used a virus to deliver a healthy copy of the OTOF gene into the inner ear, improving auditory function...

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A cutting-edge gene therapy has significantly restored hearing in children and adults with congenital deafness, showing dramatic results just one month after a single injection. Researchers used a virus to deliver a healthy copy of the OTOF gene into the inner ear, improving auditory function across all ten participants in the study. The therapy worked best in young children but still benefited adults, with one 7-year-old girl regaining almost full hearing. Even more exciting: this is just the start, as scientists now aim to target other genes that cause more common forms of deafness.

 

[Allan]

Some interesting advancements coming. Scientists have been able to use a similar process to regrow optic nerves in mice.

The severed nerve wasn't repaired, it regrew as a new nerve.

This offers possible future treatment for people who've had a spinal cord injury.

 

[Chock Full o Nuts]

Some interesting advancements coming. Scientists have been able to use a similar process to regrow optic nerves in mice.

The severed nerve wasn't repaired, it regrew as a new nerve.

This offers possible future treatment for people who've had a spinal cord injury.

Yeah, I keep up on the advances there, being one that is almost blind in one eye due to glaucoma from long ago injury.

Obviously, I can't wait for them to figure it out. But not really counting on it in my time.

 

[Mycroft]

Sounds like a huge step in making deafness a thing of the past.

Deafness reversed: Single injection brings hearing back within weeks

A cutting-edge gene therapy has significantly restored hearing in children and adults with congenital deafness, showing dramatic results just one month after a single injection. Researchers used a virus to deliver a healthy copy of the OTOF gene into the inner ear, improving auditory function...

www.sciencedaily.com

Thanks for this post.

I'll be keeping my eye on this research. My son was born deaf in one ear. He's in his 30's now, so this might not fully restore his hearing, but even some improvement would be great.

 

[noonereal]

Some interesting advancements coming. Scientists have been able to use a similar process to regrow optic nerves in mice.

The severed nerve wasn't repaired, it regrew as a new nerve.

This offers possible future treatment for people who've had a spinal cord injury.

Would it help scar tissue on the optic plate?

 

[Lycanthrope]

Fantastic news.

Science!

 

[Daisy]

That's so cool! Now, if only they'd come up with something for tinnitus...

 

[Peacenik]

Amazing!

Science is fabulous.

 

[Emlee]

That's so cool! Now, if only they'd come up with something for tinnitus...

Amen to that. I have hearing loss and tinnitus in my right ear from Meniere’s, the hearing loss is always the same but the tinnitus fluctuates, lately has been acting up pretty badly.

Although I’m happy to take the tinnitus any day vs the vertigo that comes with Meiniere’s.

 

[Emlee]

Sounds like a huge step in making deafness a thing of the past.

Deafness reversed: Single injection brings hearing back within weeks

A cutting-edge gene therapy has significantly restored hearing in children and adults with congenital deafness, showing dramatic results just one month after a single injection. Researchers used a virus to deliver a healthy copy of the OTOF gene into the inner ear, improving auditory function...

www.sciencedaily.com

Wow, that is amazing and does sound very promising! Thanks for sharing that.

 

[Daisy]

Amen to that. I have hearing loss and tinnitus in my right ear from Meniere’s, the hearing loss is always the same but the tinnitus fluctuates, lately has been acting up pretty badly.

Although I’m happy to take the tinnitus any day vs the vertigo that comes with Meiniere’s.

So sorry about your Meniere's...that must be awful to deal with along with all the other symptoms that come with it...life altering for sure...

I think my hearing loss is due to the tinnitus, as it gets worse at night...not sure of the cause but it could be due to one of my meds for high blood pressure...it gets louder and louder as the day goes on...at night I can barely hear anything...recently I've even begun using the closed caption feature on the TV...the only relief is when I'm asleep...

 

[Emlee]

So sorry about your Meniere's...that must be awful to deal with along with all the other symptoms that come with it...life altering for sure...

I think my hearing loss is due to the tinnitus, as it gets worse at night...not sure of the cause but it could be due to one of my meds for high blood pressure...it gets louder and louder as the day goes on...at night I can barely hear anything...recently I've even begun using the closed caption feature on the TV...the only relief is when I'm asleep...

Sorry to hear that, when tinnitus gets bad which sounds like yours is it can be brutal, to the point you want to just rip your ear off. Take care.