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The correlation between hair and eye colour and contralateral suppression of otoacoustic emissions.
Noise & health - 1 Jan 2000
Klopper Marike, Biagio-de Jager Leigh, Vinck Bart
Abstract excerpt
Genetics and environmental factors frequently influence individual's susceptibility to hearing loss. It is postulated that melanin in the inner ear is related to individual's susceptibility to noise induced hearing loss (NIHL). General pigmentation in turn, suspected to be related to the amount of pigmentation in the inner ear. The amount of melanin in the inner ear is said to modulate the endocochlear potential...
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