Hearing evaluation in a family under consanguineous marriage
Journal
Journal of the Otolaryngological Society of the Republic of China
Journal Volume
32
Journal Issue
1
Date Issued
1997-01-01
Author(s)
Fan, H. W.
Abstract
This paper presents a sibship with consanguinity. The parents are first cousins, and 2 out of 3 children have hearing loss in next generation. The hearing loss is congenital, and inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern. Audiograms of the affected members show severe to profound hearing loss in high frequencies, whereas bilateral and symmetrical residual hearings are noted in low frequencies.
Subjects
autosomal recessive | congenital hearing loss | consanguineous marriage
Type
journal article