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Hearing loss in a uraemic patient: indications of involvement of the VIIIth nerve

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. C. Anteunis Lucien  and
M. V. Mooy Mooy
J. C. Anteunis Lucien*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Division of Audiology, Academic Hospital, University of Limburg (the Netherlands).
M. V. Mooy Mooy
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Academic Hospital, University of Limburg (the Netherlands).
*
Lucien J. C. Anteunis, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Division of Audiology, Academic Hospital, University of Limburg, P.O. Box 1918, NL-6201 BX Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Abstract

A case of acute renal failure associated with severe uraemic hearing loss is presented. Audiometric site-of-lesion testing revealed cochlear as well as neural involvement.

After therapy hearing recovered up to an almost normal level, with normal auditory nerve conduction velocities.

This case report supports the suggestion that the improvement of hearing after renal transplantation or dialysis might be correlated with the influences of these forms of therapy upon the peripheral neuropathy.

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Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 101 , Issue 5 , May 1987 , pp. 492 - 496
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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