Will deafness or blindness be cured?

Total deafness is curable today in early childhood with cochlear implants (an electronic chip that has a microphone and usually 12 electrodes that are directly implanted into the cochlear nerve -8th cranial nerve- and is actually an artificial ear) which are widely available all over the world today. read more

Deafness is already being partially cured in some cases by technologies such as cochlear implants, and that is steadily improving. Blindness is a much bigger challenge but it will probably yield someday as well. read more

In this Spotlight feature, we take a look at disorders that reduce vision for which there is currently no cure, along with what forms of treatment are currently in development. In this Spotlight feature, we take a look at disorders that reduce vision for which there is currently no cure, along with what forms of treatment are currently in development. read more

Researchers from Cardiff University and Osaka University in Japan have shown corneal epithelial cells can be cultivated and transplanted into the eyes of blind rabbits to surgically repair the front of the eye. read more

Deafness and blindness can both be caused by many different things, some of which can be cured and some can't. For example, cataracts are a cause of blindness that can be cured by surgery (if you think of the stereotypical blind person with white pupils, that's what cataracts are like). read more