Conversations in crowded places were difficult and I didn’t like podcasts – then a hearing test changed everything ...

2005;8(6):46-49. Hearing loss that occurs instantaneously or over a period of a few days without immediately apparent cause is called Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (ISSNHL).

Figure 1A. The ear has 3 parts. Conductive hearing loss usually due to problems in external ear; sensorineural hearing loss usually results from middle- or inner-ear disorders. Figure 1B.

OTOF is mutated in around 1% to 5% of cases of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), and is the most common form of deafness, affecting up to two per 1,000 newborns. The success of the approach ...

Before a child gets a cochlear implant, they will have hearing tests, speech and language assessments and medical imaging.

The boy, who had sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) due to mutations in the otoferlin gene, saw his hearing restored within a month of a one-shot administration of AK-OTOF into the cochlea of the ...