title: Audiologic evaluation in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
abstract: We have carried out a hearing study with pure tone audiometry and ABR of 39 patients affected by hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy or Charcot-Marie Tooth disease. We have noticed a hearing deficiency in a significant percentage of cases (28%). We attribute the abnormalities to disorders in the area of the VIIIth nerve and of the brainstem. No significant differences appear in the results obtained between patients belonging to type I and patients belonging to type II of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Neurology, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vílchez
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sevilla
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martínez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001300:Audiometry, Evoked Response; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D002607:Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009134:Muscular Atrophy, Spinal / Q000150:complications*