#doctokasia #hearingloss #genetherapy #medicalinnovation #neuroscience #karolinskainstitutet #deafness #caremunications For the first time in medical history, gene therapy has restored hearing in children and young adults born deaf. Offering sound where there was once silence. Led by Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet, the trial involved ten patients with a rare OTOF (Otoferlin) gene mutation. A single, precise injection into the inner ear reactivated the pathway between the ear