Article
Hearing loss in children with mitochondrial disorders.
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology - 1 Dec 2011
Chennupati Sri Kiran, Levi Jessica, Loftus Patricia, Jornlin Carly, Morlet Thierry, O'Reilly Robert C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: At least 1-5 children per 1000 suffer from congenital hearing loss, and 50% of these cases can be attributed to genetic causes. It has been estimated that 1% of pre-lingual hearing loss is due to mutations in mitochondrial DNA. Previous literature reports audiometric data for few patients, usually less than 20 per study. The goal of this study was to characterize the hearing loss associated with...
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