A hearing-impaired toddler can now hear after becoming the first patient in the world to receive a new gene therapy. Opal Sandy, an 18-month-old girl from Oxfordshire, was born with a genetic form of a condition called auditory neuropathy, which disrupts nerve impulses from the inner ear to the brain and prevents the processing of… Read More »
A British girl who became the first person in the world to take part in a groundbreaking new gene therapy trial has regained her hearing. 18-month-old Opal Sandy was born completely deaf due to auditory neuropathy, a condition caused by impaired nerve impulses from the inner ear to the brain. Opal’s hearing is almost normal… Read More »
A British girl who became the first person in the world to take part in a groundbreaking new gene therapy trial has regained her hearing. 18-month-old Opal Sandy was born completely deaf due to auditory neuropathy, a condition caused by impaired nerve impulses from the inner ear to the brain. Opal’s hearing is almost normal… Read More »