cause deafness
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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
He knows that villagers, especially children, catch rodents in the forest to fill their bellies, despite the fact that rats in Guinea can carry Lassa fever, which can cause deafness and death.
From Salon • Feb. 27, 2023
Earache is always serious, and since it is usually indicative of trouble which, if left untreated, may cause deafness, it demands thorough treatment from skilled hands.
From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.
