Will There Be a Treatment for Chronic Hearing Loss within the Next Decade?

[Cam Cam]

It got me thinking lately. I still think it's somewhat 20 years away but who knows haha

 

[RonnieCarzatto]

Well this company you can read about on the Research page called Frequency Therapeutics has some pretty exciting, though as far as I can tell unproven, stuff on the horizon. Strangely enough at this point I'd trade tinnitus for hearing loss. I'm sure I'd be able to actually sleep with hearing loss as opposed to EEEEEEEE 24/7.

 

[linearb]

your guess is as good as anyone's

 

[Paulmanlike]

5-10 years is successful in clinical trials

 

[Reinier]

After reading this comment from professor Heller from Stanford I am not so hopeful anymore. 100 Years is not in our lifetime and could just as well be never.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/18/technology-that-can-help-millions-with-hearing-loss.html
quote: "Heller expects that progress will be step-by-step. First, diagnostics will greatly improve over the next few decades, followed by breakthroughs in hearing aids and cochlear implants, drugs and maybe gene therapy. It's not clear which will come first, and it could take as long as 100 years, but chances are, the deaf and hard of hearing will have many more options than they do now."

But than there is Frequency Therapeutics that paints a completely different picture (in my opinion).
As we know they are talking about the first clinical trials in 12-18 months. Already GeneVec is in a first clinical trial.
I can not make sense of this anymore.
We are depending on press releases that make something that is very complex, understandable.

 

[Rubenslash]

In other articles he is saying that he believes his team can cure hearing loss in 5-10 years

 

[Reinier]

In other articles he is saying that he believes his team can cure hearing loss in 5-10 years

How can we make sense of that?
But thanks for pointing that out. When I read his quote, my day was not a happy one.
I regard professor Heller as one of the top researchers.

I am still trying to not let things like that influence my mood. I have not yet succeeded.
A good thing is that it works both ways. The resent Frequency Therapeutics press releases make me more positive.