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cause deafness

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deafen
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Mumps can cause deafness and inflame the brain, pancreas, testicles, ovaries and breast tissue.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

About 5% of infected children get pneumonia and about 1 in every 1,000 will develop brain swelling, which can cause deafness or intellectual disability.

From Seattle Times Feb. 23, 2024

With more than 100 genes that can cause deafness when mutated, there are other potential targets for gene therapies.

From Science Magazine Jan. 26, 2024

With many of the other mutations that cause deafness, hair cells die during infancy or even at the fetal stage.

From New York Times Jan. 23, 2024

Some of these spirits cause deafness, others dumbness, &c.

From Key to the Science of Theology by Parley P. Pratt




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