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Age-related hearing impairment (ARHI): environmental risk factors and genetic prospects.
Experimental gerontology - 1 Apr 2003
Fransen Erik, Lemkens Nele, Van Laer Lut, Van Camp Guy
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This paper reviews what is known about the environmental risk factors and medical conditions that contribute to age-related hearing impairment (ARHI), and evaluates which analyses could be performed to identify genetic factors that are involved. Although hearing acuity declines with aging in everybody, the variation in hearing thresholds is large. Part of this variation can be explained by medical conditions, and...
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