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Unbelievable Boy turns 11 to heard for the first time

A great success for this hospital in Philadelphia (United States). A child born “profoundly deaf” hears for the first time in his life at the age of 11.

It's an unprecedented gene therapy that allowed this boy to hear his parents’ voices, the noise of the city around him, the sound of traffic, the singing of birds…, for the first time since his birth.

For Aissam Dam, who arrived in this world “profoundly deaf”, life takes on another dimension. Four months after the operation, his hearing “has improved significantly and his hearing loss has moved to the mild or moderate stage,” indicates Linfo.re.

Surgeon John Germiller, director of clinical research in the division of otolaryngology (ENT) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), said in a press release: "Gene therapy for hearing loss is a goal that we, as hearing loss physicians and scientists, have been pursuing for over 20 years. And we've finally gotten there."

It's a surge of hope that now pervades all people suffering from genetic deafness. This method of intervention aims to correct the abnormality of a rare gene, but it also paves the way for future therapy for 150 other genes "responsible for hearing loss in children".

Numerous studies on gene therapy are underway in the United States, Europe and China. Hearing loss caused by genetic mutations in children could finally have a treatment...

(MH with AsD - Source: Linfo.re - Illustration: Unsplash)

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