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Deaf Toddler Hears for First Time


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pal Sandy, an 18-month-old British girl born with genetic


deafness, has become the first person to have her hearing restored thanks to a pioneering gene therapy trial sponsored by U.S. biotechnology company Regeneron. Doctors say it marks a new era in treating deafness. “When Opal could first hear us clapping unaided, it was mind- blowing,” said her mother, Jo. Opal, like her elder sister, was born deaf because of a rare genetic condition, auditory neuropathy, in which a faulty gene disrupts nerve impulses between the inner ear and the brain. But after receiving an infusion containing a working copy of the gene during a surgery that took just 16 minutes, she can hear almost perfectly and enjoys playing with toy drums.


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