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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[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Tinnitus is pretty much a sensory-filtering issue in the brain, so an injection can’t really so much. I believe it can be mostly fixed by sound therapy and other therapies, although I gotta read up on it.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I believe it can be mostly fixed by sound therapy and other therapies,

if you are selling therapies. There is no serious treatment for tinnitus.

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

As I’ve said, I’m not sure, but I have heard that some types of therapies can make it less noticeable, not entirely remove it.

[–] atropa@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

Nope, have had it on both ears for 47 years now, it is present until death sets in