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unusual facts about hearing loss



Beethoven Virus

Her headaches and tinnitus are the symptoms of a tumor that is impinging on her cochlear nerve, an acoustic neuroma, perhaps, which will eventually cause complete hearing loss.


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1st World Deaf Ice Hockey and Curling Championships

To qualify for the games, athletes must have a hearing loss of at least 55 dB in their "better ear".

Children of All My Children

It is later revealed that Spike's hearing loss is the result of a chromosomal abnormality, not the car accident, when Spike goes to have Cochlear implant surgery.

James V. McConnell

In 1985, he suffered a hearing loss when a bomb, disguised as a manuscript, was opened at his house by his research assistant Nicklaus Suino.

Mani H. Zadeh

During his career he has worked on numerous research projects on the subjects of sinus disease, head and neck cancer, and hearing loss.

Nubar Alexanian

Perfect Hearing, a radio documentary about tinnitus and hearing loss, produced by Nubar Alexanian and Abby Alexanian, with Jay Allison.

Phytol

Refsum disease, an autosomal recessive disorder that results from the accumulation of large stores of phytanic acid in tissues, frequently manifests peripheral polyneuropathy, cerebellar ataxia, retinitis pigmentosa, anosmia, and hearing loss.

Public health genomics

Recent research has linked variants in the Gap Junction Beta 2 (GJB2) gene to nonsyndromic prelingual sensorineural hearing loss.

Variants in GJB2 are being looked at to determine age of onset as well as severity of hearing loss.

Information gained from further research in the role of GJB2 variants in hearing loss may lead to consisted newborn screening for them.

Ryan Lavery

After taking Spike to get Cochlear implant surgery to restore his hearing, Kendall is horrified and guilt-ridden when Dr. Joe Martin reveals to her and Ryan that Spike's hearing loss was in fact caused by a chromosomal abnormality and that it was purely coincidental that the abnormality manifested itself at the time of the car accident.