This is great news. Hopefully this will be expanded to other forms deafness like those caused by ototoxic medication, ear infections, and general sensorineural hearing loss.

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im3w1l 2 days ago | parent [-]

This particular study looks like it's dealing with a pretty narrow condition and solution (protein missing - add gene for protein). I don't think this particular research can be extended the way you hope.

	▲	janeerie 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yes, I would really like to see research targeting Connexin 26, since it's the most common cause of hearing loss, but it seems it's much more difficult to "cure."
	▲	jonathanlb 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I agree. The causes of deafness I mentioned are diverse and fall outside the specific focus of this current study. Ideally, future research will address deafness caused by these and other other factors.