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Usher's syndrome type III: ENG findings in four affected and six unaffected siblings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S. Karjalainen ,
M. Teräsvirta ,
J. Kärjä  and
H. Kääriäinen
S. Karjalainen*
Affiliation:
From the Departments of Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology, University of KupioandVäestöliitto, Helsiniki, Finland.
M. Teräsvirta
Affiliation:
From the Departments of Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology, University of KupioandVäestöliitto, Helsiniki, Finland.
J. Kärjä
Affiliation:
From the Departments of Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology, University of KupioandVäestöliitto, Helsiniki, Finland.
H. Kääriäinen
Affiliation:
The Department of Medical Geneties, Väestöliitto, Helsinki, Finland.
*
S. Karjalainen, M.D., Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kuopio, SF-70210 Kuopio 211, Finland.
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Abstract

Eng recordings showed abnormal findings in subjects affects by Usher's syndrome and in unaffected siblings. Unaffected subjects with hearing impairment may be heterozygote carriers with inner ears more sensitive to various injurious stimulti, e.g. noise, than those of healthy subjects. Vestibular tests may facilitate the detection of heterozygote carriers but the number of patients studied by us is too small to allow definitive conclusions to be reached.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 99 , Issue 1 , January 1985 , pp. 43 - 48
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1985

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