A new gene therapy is giving people born deaf the chance to hear, often within just weeks. In a small but groundbreaking study, researchers delivered a working copy of a key hearing gene directly into the inner ear using a single injection. All ten patients, ranging from young children to adults, experienced improved hearing, with some showing rapid gains in just one month.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 days ago

I don't think that view is even fringe among them. I made the mistake of weighing in on it years ago on reddit, and have since learned my lesson.