Child who was born deaf can now hear whispers and parents clapping for first time thanks to ‘mind-blowing’ gene therapy
A deaf child has received a new gene therapy treatment with “mind-blowing” results that have allowed her to hear for the first time. Opal Sandy, from Oxfordshire, UK, is the first British patient and youngest child in the world to receive this groundbreaking treatment, according to a press release from Cambridge University Hospitals.