Cochlear implantation in maternal inherited diabetes and deafness syndrome

V Raut; A R Sinnathuray; J G Toner

doi:10.1258/0022215021910825

Cochlear implantation in maternal inherited diabetes and deafness syndrome

J Laryngol Otol. 2002 May;116(5):373-5. doi: 10.1258/0022215021910825.

Authors

V Raut¹, A R Sinnathuray, J G Toner

Affiliation

¹ Department of Otolaryngology, Belfast City Hospital, UK. [email protected]

PMID: 12080997
DOI: 10.1258/0022215021910825

Abstract

We describe a rare case of a gradually progressive hearing loss in a patient with maternally inherited diabetes and deafness (MIDD) syndrome successfully rehabilitated with a cochlear implant. The possible aetiology of the hearing loss in these cases is discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cochlear Implantation*
DNA Mutational Analysis
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / surgery*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / genetics
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / surgery*
Humans
MELAS Syndrome / genetics
Male
Mothers
Point Mutation
Syndrome