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Genetic counselling for isolated hearing loss

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

V. E. Newton*
Affiliation:
Manchester
*
V. E. Newton, M.D., M.Sc., Lecturer in Audiological Medicine, Department of Audiology, Education of the Deaf and Speech Pathology, The University, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL

Abstract

An investigation into the causes of sensorineural hearing loss in young children has been used as a basis for determining risk factors for parents of children with a hearing loss of unknown origin having a further affected child and for the defect to be passed on to a subsequent generation. The degree of hearing loss likely to be found if further children are affected, is examined.

Type
Main Articles
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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