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Deaf Teenager and 24-Year-Old Gain Ability to Hear After Experimental Gene Therapy (gizmodo.com)

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The science paper:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-025-03773-w

Otoferlin was already working for children

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I don't know who you are arguing with... I was just pointing to a real cultural thing that happens whenever we hear about research like this (cochlear implants are a big one). They are very protective of what they consider to be "deaf culture".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I was steel-manning your comment