Abstract
No significant difference was found for the auditory thresholds at conversational and high frequencies between 42 children with congenital hypothyroidism treated with L-thyroxine and an age-matched control group, regardless of the cause of the thyroid failure or hormone level and the age at the start of treatment.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Auditory Threshold
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Case-Control Studies
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Congenital Hypothyroidism*
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Female
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Hearing Disorders / diagnosis
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Hearing Disorders / etiology*
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Humans
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Hypothyroidism / complications
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Hypothyroidism / drug therapy
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Infant
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Male
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Thyroxine / blood
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Thyroxine / therapeutic use