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		iandanforth on June 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gene therapy restores hearing to children with inh... Senses are defined by what they sense, not how they are sensed. A person can have their sight partially restored through implants that bypass rod/cone activation. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6934168/

meindnoch on June 10, 2024 [–]

That's still signaling through the optic nerve.

If they would restore vision by using e.g. the cochlear nerve, that would be something.

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