Gene therapy has allowed several children born with inherited deafness to hear. A small study published Wednesday documents significantly restored hearing in five of six kids treated in China.
"It's the first time hearing has been restored in a child — really in a human being — for a hereditary type of hearing loss," Dr. John Germiller of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia told CBS News.
Gene therapy has allowed several children born with inherited deafness to hear. A small study published Wednesday documents significantly restored hearing in five of six kids treated in China.