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Deaf Boy Can Now Hear After Breakthrough Gene Treatment

Aissam Dam, third from left, was born 'profoundly deaf' because of a highly rare abnormality in a single gene (Credit: AFP)

His father's voice, the sounds of passing cars and scissors clipping his hair: An 11-year-old boy is hearing for the first time in his life after receiving a breakthrough gene therapy.

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) which carried out the treatment -- a first in the United States -- said in a statement Tuesday the milestone represents hope for patients around the world with hearing loss caused by genetic mutations.

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