Author Topic: Pioneering gene therapy restores UK girl's hearing  (Read 382 times)

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Re: Pioneering gene therapy restores UK girl's hearing
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2024, 09:53:31 AM »
So I've read, and it's a lovely story, but, on a pedantic note, "restored", the word used in more than one headline, implies that she was born hearing, but then went deaf. In fact, she was completely deaf from birth.
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Re: Pioneering gene therapy restores UK girl's hearing
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2024, 10:07:31 AM »
So I've read, and it's a lovely story, but, on a pedantic note, "restored", the word used in more than one headline, implies that she was born hearing, but then went deaf. In fact, she was completely deaf from birth.
I think there's a usage here of 'restoring to factory settings'.