What is Hearing-Loss-Deafness
While some cases of hearing loss are reversible with medical treatment, many are permanent. Whether temporary or permanent, how severely hearing is compromised not a uniform. In so...
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Chemotherapy's link to hearing loss found |
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Canadian researchers have discovered why a common chemotherapy drug causes hearing loss in some childhood cancer patients, paving the way for a simple saliva or blood test that can predict who is most likely to develop the problem.
After analyzing more than 1,800 genetic variations in 220 key genes, British Columbia scientists have found two genetic variations that for children who have them, means they will suffer serious hearing loss after taking cisplatin. |
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