Hereditary hearing loss--the role of environmental factors.

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A large family with mid onset sensorineural hearing loss (HL) was used to study the effect of environmental factors on progression HL. Data from five-generations of one family were traced and 104 living members were included in the study. Audiograms were measured for 60 family members. We used an expert program to study the individual risk factors, which included the known risk factors for sensorineural HL. The...

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