Deafness, the most common sensorineural hearing loss at all stages of life, occurs either independently or as part of ...

A team of researchers has kicked off the first-ever trial of a gene therapy intended to cure auditory neuropathy, a type of deafness that stops nerve impulses from making it from the inner ear to the ...

For those born with certain types of congenital deafness, the cochlear implant has been a positive and enabling technology.

There are few things more heartwarming than videos of children with deafness gaining the ability to hear, showing them happily turning their heads at the sound of their parents' voices and joyfully ...

In this image from video provided by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, an 11-year-old boy who was born with hereditary deafness prepares for a gene therapy procedure in Philadelphia in October ...

Every once in a while, modern medicine can feel like a bit of magic. Like when a vaccine is shown to eliminate cases of cervical cancer among young women or gene editing allows someone with sickle ...

A small study published on Wednesday documents significantly restored hearing in five of six kids treated in China. On Tuesday, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announced similar improvements ...

Four decades have passed since cochlear implants gave infants born deaf the ability to hear. Now, gene therapy promises to restore natural hearing for those born with a rare form of deafness, and the ...

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 ...