Category: Hearing Disorders

Hearing Disorders

Gene Therapy for Inherited Deafness Provides Lasting Hearing Restoration

A multicenter study found a one-time treatment targeting the OTOF gene restored hearing in most participants, with effects lasting up to 2.5 years.

Hearing Disorders

Acousia Completes Patient Enrollment for Cisplatin Ototoxicity Prevention Study

The Phase 2 PROHEAR trial is evaluating ACOU085 (Bimokalner) for its efficacy in protecting hearing during chemotherapy.

Hearing Disorders

Research Reveals Live Biomechanics of the Mammalian Cochlea

Researchers achieved a breakthrough by keeping a sliver of the mammalian cochlea alive outside the body, directly revealing the biomechanics of hearing and opening new avenues to treat sensorineural hearing loss.

Auditory Processing Disorders

COVID-19 and the Auditory System – Five Years Later

A look at what we now know about how COVID-19 has been found to affect the auditory system, based on a review of the literature.

Conductive

‘Discover Magazine’ Article Challenges Notion of Deafness as Something to Be ‘Cured’

In an article published on the ”Discover Magazine” website, author Sarah Katz challenges the view in the scientific community that deafness is a problem that needs to be cured, potentially by new CRISPR technology that could eliminate a TMC1 gene mutation.

Sensorineural

Sensorion Announces Positive Data from Audiogene SENS-501 Clinical Trial

Sensorion’s Phase 1/2 Audiogene trial of the gene therapy SENS-501 for infants and toddlers with OTOF-related congenital deafness shows promising early safety and hearing improvement data, particularly in one patient, with a higher dose cohort now underway.

Meniere’s, Mixed, Syndromic

Technique Uses Vibration to Better Diagnose Balance Disorders

Researchers have developed a novel vibration-based technique to more accurately diagnose balance disorders like Meniere’s disease, especially in aging adults.