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 »
The parents of an 18-month-old girl who can hear thanks to a groundbreaking gene therapy for deafness say they are delighted with her progress. Secondary school geography teacher Jo Sandy, 33, and her husband James, 33, who works in car manufacturing, said they were “blown away” when they realized Opal could hear without needing a… Read More »