More than 180 babies a year in the UK could be saved from permanent and profound deafness thanks to the world’s first genetic test used in an emergency setting. The bedside test has undergone a 'real ...

A genetic test to determine if a newborn is at risk of becoming deaf after being treated with a common antibiotic has been recommended for use within the NHS under new draft guidance. Clinical ...

Occasionally, children go deaf as a result of antibiotic treatment. Now a rapid genetic test has been launched to identify those who are vulnerable to such ear damage, so that alternative antibiotics ...

Pinpointing the exact genetic cause of inherited deafness has always involved sequencing one gene at a time, a process that can take up to a year and cost roughly $1,000 per gene. It would cost around ...