Hereditary non-syndromic deafness has been associated with a point mutation in the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene. We present data from deaf individuals in 12 nuclear families originating from a small ...

Geriatrics and Aging. 2005;8(6):46-49. Hearing loss that occurs instantaneously or over a period of a few days without immediately apparent cause is called Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss ...

The main cause for congenital bilateral hearing loss is genetic, while the major cause of congenital unilateral hearing loss is cochlear nerve deficiency. A diagnosis of congenital hearing loss can be ...

Student 4 is a young adult female born in China. She grew up speaking Chinese with her parents. She has a severe to profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss with etiology reported as a high fever ...

Researchers have understood for decades that some forms of deafness are inherited, yet until now, few of those genetic clues have led the way to therapy. That is beginning to change. An international ...