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Performance of cochlear implant recipients with GJB2-related deafness.
American journal of medical genetics - 1 May 2002
Green Glenn E, Scott Daryl A, McDonald Joshua M, Teagle Holly F B, Tomblin Bruce J, Spencer Linda J, Woodworth George G, Knutson John F, Gantz Bruce J, Sheffield Val C, Smith Richard J H
Abstract excerpt
Congenital profound hearing loss affects 0.05-0.1% of children and has many causes, some of which are associated with cognitive delay. For prelingually-deafened cochlear implant recipients, the etiology of deafness is usually unknown. Mutations in GJB2 have been established as the most common cause of heritable deafness in the United States. In this report, we identify cochlear implant recipients with...
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