A novel gene therapy designed to target a form of inherited deafness restored hearing function in five children who were treated in both ears. The children also experienced better speech perception ...

The main cause for congenital bilateral hearing loss is genetic, while the major cause of congenital unilateral hearing loss is cochlear nerve deficiency. A diagnosis of congenital hearing loss can be ...

In a recent study published in Nature Medicine, researchers evaluated the safety and effectiveness of binaural adeno-associated virus 1 (AAV1)-human otoferlin (hOTOF) therapy in five children with ...

An opera singer who hid her deteriorating hearing for more than 30 years has described getting cochlear implants in both ears ...

Geriatrics and Aging. 2005;8(6):46-49. Hearing loss that occurs instantaneously or over a period of a few days without immediately apparent cause is called Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss ...

A national trial to explore the benefits of giving deaf adults double cochlear implants could be "utterly life changing", ...

Janine Roebuck, from London, says she no longer considers herself deaf after double cochlear implants restored hearing ...

An opera singer who hid her deafness for more than three decades has spoken about "life-changing" surgery that could ...

Folks think of big city life as an ear-blasting festival of noise -- taxi horns honking, jackhammers pounding, police sirens wailing and jet planes roaring overhead. But rural residents actually have ...