An estimated 466 million people suffer from hearing loss worldwide. Sensorineural hearing
loss is characterized by degeneration of key structures of the sensory pathway in the …

Up to 1.5 billion people worldwide suffer from various forms of hearing loss, with an
additional 1.1 billion people at risk from various insults such as increased consumption of …

With the completion of the sequencing of the human genome, the field of medicine is
undergoing a dramatic and fundamental change. The identification of our genes and the …

Hearing loss is the most common form of sensory impairment in humans and affects more
than 40 million people in the United States alone. No drug-based therapy has been …

Sensorineural hearing impairment is the most common sensory disorder and a major health
and socio-economic issue in industrialized countries. It is primarily due to the degeneration …

Development of effective therapeutics for hearing loss has proven to be a slow and difficult
process, evidenced by the lack of restorative medicines and technologies currently available …

Hearing loss is the most common sensory deficit experienced by humans and represents
one of the largest chronic health conditions worldwide. It is expected that around 10% of the …

Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) affects millions of people. Genetic mutations play a large
and direct role in both congenital and late-onset cases of SNHL (eg, age-dependent hearing …

Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is the most common sensory disorder. Its underlying
etiologies include a broad spectrum of genetic and environmental factors that can lead to …

Gene therapy, or the treatment of human disease using genetic material, for inner ear
dysfunction is coming of age. Recent progress in developing gene therapy treatments for …