Deaf girl hears for the first time after groundbreaking gene therapy

A British girl who was born completely deaf has her hearing restored after taking part in apioneering gene therapy trial (基因療法試驗). As the first patient in the world to receive the therapy, now she can even hear a whisper. Opal Sandy was unable to hear anything due to auditory neuropathy (聽覺神經病變), acondition that disrupts nerve impulses (神經脈衝) travelling from the inner ear (內耳) to the ...Read More