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A burden shared: The evolutionary case for studying human deafness in Drosophila.
Hearing research - 1 Sept 2024
Guan Chonglin, Shaikh Muhammad, Warnecke Athanasia, Vona Barbara, Albert Joerg T
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Hearing impairment is the most prevalent sensory disease in humans and can have dramatic effects on the development, and preservation, of our cognitive abilities and social interactions. Currently 20 % of the world's population suffer from a form of hearing impairment; this is predicted to rise to 25 % by 2050. Despite this staggering disease load, and the vast damage it inflicts on the social, medical and...
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