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.
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The plumb sisters take part in hearing tests at Children's Wisconsin Appleton Clinic in Appleton.
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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.
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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.
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Cleo Plumb, 2, reacts to a sound in her headphones during an Aug. 25 hearing test at Children's Wisconsin Appleton Clinic in Appleton.
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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.
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.
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.
