Deaf People May Soon Hear Again, Scientists Say
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London — Deaf people could one day have their hearing restored through a ground-breaking gene therapy technique, scientists reported yesterday.
They showed that they can trigger the growth of new hair cells in the inner ear that are crucial to hearing as they pick up sound vibrations.
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