Yes post title is “Holy Grail” for those with genetic hearing loss. Yet article does not mention length of time for human testing, nor how injection process happens. What I find more of a concern and a “escape hatch” for Mass Eye and Ear is article mentions gene therapy along with cochlear implant.
That to me is an extremely odd combination since a CI is last resort for many, especially if yet unproven gene therapy does not work. Seem Mass Eye and Ear is leaving themselves an “Out” if drawing board gene therapy doesn’t work, they then could blame CI for lack of favorable trial results.
Our findings suggest that a virally mediated gene therapy, either by itself or in combination with a cochlear implant, could potentially treat genetic hearing loss,” said corresponding author Zheng Yi Chen, D.Phil., an investigator in the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories at Mass Eye and Ear.