deafness

Hard of hearing? Viagra could reverse some deafness: study

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Hard of hearing? Viagra could reverse some deafness: study

Come again? The infamous little blue pill that keeps men up and at ’em may improve a different kind of hardness — hardness of hearing, that is. A new study reports that Viagra has the potential to reverse a frequently permanent type of inherited hearing loss. Viagra has more uses than just in the bedroom … Read more

Children with total deafness regain hearing with ‘groundbreaking’ gene therapy: ‘Like a miracle’

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Children with total deafness regain hearing with ‘groundbreaking’ gene therapy: ‘Like a miracle’

Five children who were born completely deaf have had some reversal of hearing loss after receiving a “groundbreaking” gene therapy. The clinical trial, which was co-led by Mass Eye and Ear in Boston and the Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai, was the first in the world to apply gene therapy to … Read more