Patient 3 Before and After Gene Therapy in Both Ears (VIDEO)

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A young boy with hereditary deafness in the clinicial trial, who received gene therapy in both ears, is seen before injection, then 3 weeks and 13 weeks after injection, displaying gains in hearing, speech recognition and dancing to music he can now here.

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Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai/ Nature Medicine

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