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House Calls Magazine |
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Issue 13 |
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| Uncovering Genetic Links to Ear Disease Most human diseases have a genetic basis.The potential for many hearing disorders is embedded in our genes before birth. But little is known at the molecular level about them. |
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Otitis Media: Fighting One of Childhood's Ills Otitis media is an infection or inflammation in the middle ear 75% of children experience at least one episode of otitis media by their third birthday. 25% of all prescriptions written in the USA are for otitis media. |
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| What is NF2? Neurofibromatosis Type II (NF2) is a genetic disease of the central nervous system characterized by non-cancerous fibrous tumors that grow on both left and right vestibular nerves3. |
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| Living with NF2 Losing all hearing in his right ear at 16 and in his left ear at 22 are only two of the ordeals Dan Knodel has experienced in his ongoing battle with NF2. |
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Hearing Loss and Diabetes Now the 6th leading cause of death in the US, diabetes may also be a cause of hearing loss. |
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Multisensory Hearing Can a person born deaf or with a pre-lingual profound hearing loss who receives a cochlear implant as an adult learn to recognize environmental sounds and spoken words? |
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