There are few things more heartwarming than videos of children with deafness gaining the ability to hear, showing them happily turning their heads at the sound of their parents' voices and joyfully ...

(Reuters) - An experimental gene therapy being developed by a Chinese company restored hearing in children with congenital deafness, researchers working on a clinical trial reported on Wednesday, ...

When my daughter was 3 months old we found out she had significant hearing loss in one ear. We chose not to go through with a cochlear implant because there were no guarantees. We decided it should be ...

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(Original Caption) Hearing Aids used by Beethoven are shown. They were designed between 1812 and 1814 by Beethoven's friend, Johann Nepomuk Maelzel, (1772-1783), the inventor of the metronome.

The therapy treats a rare type of deafness, but experts hope it's a "jumping point." This is actually quite incredible. I know that research like this is taking place all over the world but it's ...