In July, the Plumb sisters became the first in the nation to receive a newly approved gene therapy called Otarmeni to treat a rare genetic form of hearing loss. Their father, Ty, holds the sisters as audiologist Dr. Olivia Riemer checks 2-year-old Cleo’s ear canal Aug. 24 at Children’s Wisconsin Appleton Clinic in Appleton.
Ty Plumb holds his daughter Lennon, 19 months, during a hearing test run by audiologist Dr. Olivia Riemer on Aug. 25 at Children’s Wisconsin Appleton Clinic in Appleton.
Ty Plumb watches as his daughter Cleo, age 2, tries to listen to her sister’s hearing test through the testing room door Aug. 25 at Children’s Wisconsin Appleton Clinic in Appleton.
Ty Plumb holds his daughter Lennon, 19 months, as audiologist Dr. Olivia Riemer checks her ear canal Aug. 25 at Children’s Wisconsin Appleton Clinic in Appleton.
Jennifer Schmid, surgical technologist at Children’s Wisconsin, holds the catheter used during a procedure to deliver a newly approved gene therapy into the ears of the Plumb sisters on July 20 in Milwaukee. The therapy is infused directly to reach the cells affected by genetic hearing loss.
Some 75,000 people with hearing loss live in Ivory Coast. For many of them, daily tasks that often require speaking and hearing are incredibly difficult to navigate. Israël Mansaré, a psychologist and interpreter, has decided to become their voice and ears.
In July, the Plumb sisters became the first in the nation to receive a newly approved gene therapy called Otarmeni to treat a rare genetic form of hearing loss. Their father, Ty, holds the sisters as audiologist Dr. Olivia Riemer checks 2-year-old Cleo’s ear canal Aug. 24 at Children’s Wisconsin Appleton Clinic in Appleton.
Ty Plumb holds his daughter Lennon, 19 months, during a hearing test run by audiologist Dr. Olivia Riemer on Aug. 25 at Children’s Wisconsin Appleton Clinic in Appleton.
Ty Plumb holds his daughter Lennon, 19 months, as audiologist Dr. Olivia Riemer checks her ear canal Aug. 25 at Children’s Wisconsin Appleton Clinic in Appleton.
Ty Plumb watches as his daughter Cleo, age 2, tries to listen to her sister’s hearing test through the testing room door Aug. 25 at Children’s Wisconsin Appleton Clinic in Appleton.
Jennifer Schmid, surgical technologist at Children’s Wisconsin, holds the catheter used during a procedure to deliver a newly approved gene therapy into the ears of the Plumb sisters on July 20 in Milwaukee. The therapy is infused directly to reach the cells affected by genetic hearing loss.
