Background:Profoundly deaf children beyond 5 years of age and deaf adults with no prior access to hearing have limited options to learn oral speech.They rely mainly on sign language for communication.This is because,i...
supported by grants from Open project National Clinical Research Center for Otolaryngologic Diseases(202200010);Capital’s Funds for Health Improvement and Research(No.2022-1-2023).
The prevalence of unilateral deafness(SSD)or asymmetric hearing loss(AHL)among patients with hearing impairments ranges from 7.2%to 15.0%,indicating a relatively significant proportion.However,these individuals often ...
This work was supported by the Chinese National Nature Science Foundation research Grant 30572015;Beijing Nature Science Foundation research Grant 7062062.
Mutations in GJB2 gene are the most frequently found mutations in patients with nonsyndromic hearing impairment. However, the spectrum and prevalence of mutations in this gene vary among different ethnic groups. In Ch...