Otologic impairments in achondroplasia: a nosologic assessment.
The AA report a clinical and radiological study performed in 18 achondroplastic patients in order to achieve a nosological settlement of the otological impairments. They found two main otological syndromes; one, a congenital dysplasic syndrome, showing permanent conductive or sensory-neural hearing loss due to malformations of the middle ear or of the inner ear; the other, an inflammatory tubal tympanic syndrome with transient conductive hearing loss, which is relatively frequent in achondroplastic patients, but seems not related to the main disease.
Pinelli
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E.N.T. Department, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Masi
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Partipilo
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Pierro
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Tieri
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D000130:Achondroplasia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001299:Audiometry; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013577:Syndrome