Gene therapy for hearing loss - is this the answer for deafness?

Colleagues & I are receiving lots of curious questions after a baby born deaf recently developed the ability to hear naturally following surgically-delivered gene therapy in Cambridge 🇬🇧
What does it mean for individuals with hearing loss, and what are the wider implications on Deaf communities and society?
Here, I break it all down 👍🧬🧏
#genetherapy
#otoferlin
#cochlearimplant
#congenitaldeafness
#hearingloss
#deafawareness
#deafculture
At @uclh we are now enrolling people for genetic testing as part of deafness research, led by my consultant colleague Mr Nish Mehta PhD FRCS. For those interested, email [e-mail]