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Cochlear Synaptopathy due to Mutations in OTOF Gene May Result in Stable Mild Hearing Loss and Severe Impairment of Speech Perception.
Ear and hearing - 1 Jan 2000
Santarelli Rosamaria, Scimemi Pietro, Costantini Marco, Domínguez-Ruiz María, Rodríguez-Ballesteros Montserrat, Del Castillo Ignacio
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Congenital profound hearing loss with preserved cochlear outer hair cell activity (otoacoustic emissions and cochlear microphonic) is the most common phenotype associated with mutations in the OTOF gene. The aim of this study was to investigate the pathophysiological mechanisms behind the auditory dysfunction in five patients (2 adults and 3 children) carrying biallelic mutations in OTOF, who showed...
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