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Vestibular function in families with inherited autosomal dominant hearing loss.
Journal of vestibular research : equilibrium & orientation - 1 Jan 2008
Street Valerie A, Kallman Jeremy C, Strombom Paul D, Bramhall Naomi F, Phillips James O
Abstract excerpt
The inner ear contains the developmentally related cochlea and peripheral vestibular labyrinth. Given the similar physiology between these two organs, hearing loss and vestibular dysfunction may be expected to occur simultaneously in individuals segregating mutations in inner ear genes. Twenty-two different genes have been discovered that when mutated lead to non-syndromic autosomal dominant hearing loss. A...
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