Inherited conditions account for at least half of all childhood deafness. More than 70 genes are known to cause various forms of hereditary deafness. Jeffrey Holt, associate professor of otology and laryngology at Boston Children’s Hospital, and his team are the first to use gene therapy to treat hereditary deafness.
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