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Today, Explained

A new treatment for deafness

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

A promising gene therapy can help kids born without the ability to hear. A Deaf bioethicist wants you to consider the implications. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Haleema Shah and Avishay Artsy, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcripts at vox.com/todayexplained This episode's transcript: http://bit.ly/47VkLTu Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Something truly remarkable happened in Philadelphia recently.

0:05.0

There's a sack by this defense.

0:07.0

Not the collapse of the Philadelphia Eagles, though, ouch.

0:12.0

An 11-year-old Moroccan boy traveled to Philly via Spain for a procedure.

0:18.0

Aisam Dam was born deaf, totally deaf, but he went to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

0:28.6

for a clinical trial.

0:30.0

So this will be where the gene therapy drug went that tubing there.

0:35.0

A new gene therapy offered something miraculous.

0:40.0

It allowed Isom to hear for the very first time.

0:44.0

Yes, if you heard that, tell me again.

0:48.0

Pretty cool.

0:49.0

On today explained, we're going to hear all about it,

0:52.0

but we're also going to ask whether deafness is something

0:54.9

that needs to be treated in the first place.

0:59.8

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