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Molecular study of patients with auditory neuropathy.
Molecular medicine reports - 1 Jul 2016
Carvalho Guilherme Machado De, Ramos Priscila Zonzini, Castilho Arthur Menino, Guimarães Alexandre Caixeta, Sartorato Edi Lúcia
Abstract excerpt
Auditory neuropathy is a type of hearing loss that constitutes a change in the conduct of the auditory stimulus by the involvement of inner hair cells or auditory nerve synapses. It is characterized by the absence or alteration of waves in the examination of brainstem auditory evoked potentials, with otoacoustic and/or cochlear microphonic issues. At present, four loci associated with non‑syndromic auditory...
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