Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) is a condition that affects the inner ear. People with ANSD have difficulties understanding speech, although their capacity for detecting other sounds ...

Her parents Jo and James ... At the moment, the gold standard treatment for auditory neuropathy is cochlear implants. Opal had one fitted to her left ear at the same time as she underwent gene ...

Auditory neuropathy is often not detected in children ... And at 18-months-old, Opal is also responding to her parent’s voices and communicating words such as “Dada” and “bye-bye.” ...

Understanding brain development in children with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD) and how it relates to outcomes; 5) Developing clinical biomarkers of central auditory processing and ...

Opal Sandy, who is 18 months old, has auditory neuropathy, a condition caused ... She can hear whispering in her treated ear, respond to her parents' voices, and has even begun saying words ...

Up to 18 children from the UK, Spain, and the US are being recruited to the study, which aims to transform treatment of auditory neuropathy, a condition caused by the disruption of nerve impulses ...

Auditory neuropathy is a challenging hearing disorder in which the inner ear successfully detects sound but has a problem with sending signals from the ear to the brain, currently accounting for ...

Now 18 months old, Opal can respond to her parents' voices and can communicate ... excited such amazing results had been achieved." Auditory neuropathy can be due to a variation in a single ...

“I was born with auditory neuropathy, and it made it so that I ... student-athlete and parents.” The family said other parents who have experienced similar things with their children reached ...