The trial was small — just 12 children were treated in one or both ears — but it offers important lessons for researchers ...

By 24 weeks after treatment, six participants went from an inability to hear a gas-powered lawn mower to the ability to ...

Scientists have identified mutations in the CPD gene as a key cause of a rare congenital hearing loss, revealing how disruptions in arginine and nitric oxide signaling damage sensory cells in the ear.

That’s where CEID comes in. It’s a preschool program that assesses each child and develops a personalized approach to ...

Genetic deficiency of otoferlin, a protein critical to synaptic transmission by the sensory hair cells of the ear, causes congenital deafness. Medicines to treat the condition are lacking; ...

Researchers have understood for decades that some forms of deafness are inherited, yet until now, few of those genetic clues ...

Researchers in Göttingen, Germany, have elucidated the structure and function of otoferlin, a protein that plays a crucial ...

Mutations in a gene called CPD have been found to play a key role in a rare inherited form of hearing loss, according to an international research ...

The Quiet EarRaymond Antrobus, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £16.99THIS fascinating account of living with deafness will resonate ...