Baby’s profound hearing loss improves after breakthrough gene therapy: UK

The child's hearing and speech are currently on track, parents and doctors say.
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Baby Opal, now aged 18 months and parents Jo and James Sandy. Cambridge University Hospitals.

Significant hearing improvements have been achieved in a baby with profound hearing loss after treatment with gene therapy, according to results presented to a US scientific meeting.

Opal Sandy, then 10 months old, had auditory neuropathy due to a biallelic otoferlin gene mutation.