Watch for eye disorder in those children with hearing loss

About one-fifth of children with sensorineural hearing loss plus have ocular disorders, as per a report in the recent issue of Archives of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. An estimated one to three per 1,000 children have some degree of sensorineural hearing loss, which occurs as a conclusion of damage to the nerves or the inner ear, as per background knowledge in the scoop. Half of all cases in children conclusion from environmental causes and half from genetic causes; one gene, GJB2, accounts for a large proportion of sensorineural hearing loss cases in white patients……..

Original post by Heather Craven

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