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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Hereditary hearing loss"”.
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Parents' perspectives and experiences of having a child with hereditary hearing loss
Congenital hearing loss (HL) occurs in 1-2 per 1000 newborns globally. Of all the congenital diseases that occur worldwide, HL remains the most disabling, with the highest rate for age-standardised disability life years and is a significant public health concern particularly in the developing …
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Development of the Inner Ear: a Molecular, Cellular and Evolutionary Approach to Understanding the Development of the Inner Ear with an Emphasis on the Roles of Fgf10 and Foxgl
(First paragraph) Hearing loss is a condition affecting people of all ages and can be categorized as either conductive or sensorineural. Conductive hearing loss is caused by pathology of the middle ear and will not be addressed in this volume. Our focus here is on sensorineural hearing loss, or …
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Mesophase-based approaches for on-chip membrane protein crystallization and structure determination
… of disease states, for example, cystic fibrosis, hereditary hearing loss, and hypothyroidism. Furthermore, membrane proteins are targets of over 60% of all drugs available on the market. Thus, information on membrane protein function is of immense importance for the understanding of processes …
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Identifying Genes and Novel Variants Involved in Nonsyndromic Hearing Impairment, and Assessment of the Psychosocial Burden of Hearing Impairment in Cameroon
Background Hearing impairment (HI) is the most common sensory disability and occurs in about 1 per 1000 live births in high-income countries, with a much higher incidence of up to 6 per 1000 live births in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). HI can be due to environmental or genetic causes, and in many …