Item 8.01 Other Events.

On September 20, 2022, Decibel Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") announced that it submitted an investigational new drug ("IND") application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a Phase 1/2 clinical trial in pediatric patients of DB-OTO, a gene therapy product candidate designed to provide durable restoration of hearing in individuals with profound congenital hearing loss due to an otoferlin deficiency. Subject to regulatory clearance of the IND, the Company expects to initiate a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of DB-OTO in the first half of 2023.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained in this Form 8-K, including statements regarding the Company's strategy, future operations, prospects, plans, objectives of management, the therapeutic potential for the Company's product candidates and preclinical programs, the potential benefits of cell-selective expression and the expected timeline for initiating a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of DB-OTO constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "might," "objective," "ongoing," "plan," "predict," "project," "potential," "should," or "would," or the negative of these terms, or other comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. The Company may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in these forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: uncertainties inherent in the identification and development of product candidates, including the timing of and the Company's ability to obtain approval to initiate clinical development of its program candidates, whether results from preclinical studies will be predictive of the results of later preclinical studies and clinical trials, whether the Company's cash resources are sufficient to fund its foreseeable and unforeseeable operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements, uncertainties related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company's business and operations, as well as the risks and uncertainties identified in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including those risks detailed under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022 and in other filings the Company may make with the SEC. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this Form 8-K represent the Company's views as of the date of this Form 8-K. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause its views to change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, it specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company's views as of any date subsequent to the date of this Form 8-K.

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