A ‘miracle cure’ for deafness? For people like me, here’s why that isn’t our dream | Oliver-James Campbell

It's right to celebrate a groundbreaking medical trial. But what many of us really want is more support for people with hearing loss

As someone who has been hard of hearing since I was a teenager, I read with great interest about the case of Opal Sandy - the 18-month-old British toddler who has recently had her hearing restored" in a pioneering medical trial.

Opal was born with auditory neuropathy, which is caused by the disruption of nerve impulses travelling from the inner ear to the brain, and which left her completely deaf. But after taking part in what is being heralded as a groundbreaking" gene therapy trial at Addenbrookes hospital in Cambridge, she can now hear almost perfectly.

Oliver-James Campbell is a journalist and social media manager