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 ...

When my daughter was 3 months old we found out she had significant hearing loss in one ear. We chose not to go through with a cochlear implant because there were no guarantees. We decided it should be ...

In a small pivotal trial of an investigational gene therapy, most cases of congenital profound deafness from genetic variants in OTOF showed hearing improvement. Three-fourths of those treated ...

When she was born, doctors informed Opal Sandy’s parents that their child would never hear. At the age of 11 months, she had not reacted even to the most noise. Two years later, the same child now ...

Cochlear is the market leader in cochlear implants with consistent share of roughly 60% across developed markets. Cochlear implants became the standard of care many years ago for children in developed ...

Ready to watch 'Chef Darren: The Challenge of Profound Deafness' right from your couch? Here are some useful notes to know before watching about the Concentric Media documentary flick. Chef Darren: ...

No, the correct choice is not to ignore them. Genetic therapy for deafness is not like a vaccine against an infectious disease. Being deaf is not life-threatening, deafness is not infectious, You're ...