Simultaneous idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss in identical twins.
Two sisters, who are identical twins, had a simultaneous idiopathic sudden hearing loss (ISHL) while listening to loud music at a rock concert. The possibility that their hearing losses, along with the sudden hearing losses related to cordless telephone injuries, are attributable to intracochlear membrane ruptures is discussed.
Emmett
J R
JR
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000503:physiopathology; D018058:Tympanic Membrane Perforation / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology