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Causes Of Deafness - Articles
Gene that causes deafness discovered
by
DeafBlog
Posted
Tue 13 Apr 2010 10:04am
profoundly deaf or with a severe hearing loss. In at least half of these children, the cause of deafness is genetic.
It discovered that changes in the PTPRQ gene can lead to deafness after studying the genetics of families where several members had inherited childhood hearing loss.
The research project compared the DNA of individual family members
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Strong Antibiotics Causing Deafness in Children
by
Nick B.
Posted
Tue 10 Feb 2009 11:31am
of Medicine, said, “All [the affected children] are permanently deaf. It is possible there are more children with a lesser degree of hearing loss who have not come to the notice... antibiotics have been used for many years, it was not known until recently how serious their side effects were.
Dr Bitner-Glindzicz said, “It was known a side effect was hearing loss
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Can Sleep Apnea Cause Nerve Deafness?
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Dr. Steven P.
Posted
Mon 22 Nov 2010 10:28pm
More than a handful of times, whenever someone comes to me with sudden hearing loss on one ear, there’s usually a precipitating event, such as an infection, stressful event, or trauma. Here’s a sequence of events where an underlying sleep-breathing problem clearly caused hearing loss.
A middle aged man with known severe hearing loss in both ears came
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Pianos, deaf ears and 11 year olds
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David B.
Posted
Wed 30 Jul 2008 12:00am
, that request fell on the safe deaf ears that “I wanna pony” requests fell on.
The other day, (the day they went to the neighbors house for the day) she came back, ecstatic about... the door. A pianist in the future? A piano, perhaps? Or is it deaf ears, that will continue to hear these things, or perhaps, deaf ears in MY future?
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Deaf Ears
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Kate M.
Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:17pm
Don't ya just hate it when people say I told you so?
I'm not gonna say it... but, the Quail Botanical Gardens could (and probably should.)
Ten years ago they started preaching the merits of defensive gardening in Southern California (i.e. giving your perennials a job to do.)
Succulents like aloe, jade and yu ...
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Deaf or Not-Deaf: Who is the More Qualified ASL Teacher?
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Jodi Cutler Del Dottore
Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 6:39pm
on Rachel Coleman's Emmy Nomination . I'm kind of proud of myself because my first reaction was to "go off" regarding the importance of Signing Time for hearing mothers of deaf children. Then, strangely, I took a moment to actually reflect on the commenters' perspectives. These were the two comments that I found thought-provoking:
Deaf258 said
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How Deaf Is Deaf Enough? Playing God on deafread.com?
by
Jodi Cutler Del Dottore
Posted
Mon 25 Aug 2008 6:48pm
for eachother. You need eachother now more than ever.
Don't Blame Yourself
I'm a hearing Mommy to a Deaf Baby. I blamed myself everyday for his hearing loss. I tore myself....
Don't OVER RESEARCH . *guilty of this as well*
Googling and WebMding "Profound Hearing Loss" everyday, all day won't help. Watching YouTube videos 3 hours straight about kids
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