Clinical Hearing Disorders Flashcards
What are the 3 possible classifications of hearing loss?
conductive
sensorineural
mixed
What are the 2 types of congenital hearing loss? What percent do each make up of the total?
environmental (50%) & genetic (50%)
What are the “ABCD’s” or congenital hearing loss?
- A- affected family member
- B- bilirubin
- C- congenital intrauterine causes/CMV
- D- synDromes,
- ’s - small (1/50 in NICU)
What is the most common cause of non-syndromic congenital sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL)?
CMV
What is the median age of identification of hearing loss in an infant born with asymptomatic CMV?
18 months - most are not detected on newborn screening
35-50% of patients with cytomegalic inclusion disease will have what condition?
bilateral deafness
What is a newborn screening for hearing loss & how does it work?
most states obligate hospitals to perform hearing screenings at birth
every newborn gets an otoaccousticemission (OAE) - device that pics up the response to clicking sounds
OAE clicks & then detects depolarizations in the inner ear - if this is normal → implies the presence of normal anatomy
What are the symptoms seen in congenital rubella?
- congenital cataract
- cardiovascular anomalies
- intellectual disabilities
- retinitis
-
deafness
- 5-10% of mothers with rubella in first trimester
What is the underlying mechanism of deafness in congenital rubella?
degeneration of the oran of Corti
adhesion between the organ of Corti & Reissner’s membrane, rolled up tectorial membrane, partial or complete stria atrophy
Why do 20% of babies with kernicterus have severe deafness?
damage to the dorsal & ventral cochlear nuclei and superior & inferior collculi nuclei
What type of hearing loss is seen in kernicterus babies?
high frequency hearing loss
What bilirubin level is indicative of exchange transfusion?
serum level > 20mg/dL
What are the two types of hearing loss seen in congenital syphilis? Which is more severe?
early (infantile)- often severe & bilateral - usually fatal
late (tardive)- progressive hearing loss w/ varying severity & onset
75-80% of genetic deafness is due to genes with what type of inheritance pattern?
autosomal recessive
What is term for congenital non-syndromic hearing loss that has an autosomal recessive loci? How many loci & how many genes?
autosomal dominant loci? How many loci & how many genes?
x-linked loci?
- Recessive:
- DFNB (DeaFness Neurologic Autosomal recessive)
- 21 loci & 19 genes
- Dominant:
- DFNA
- 38 loci & 11 genes
- X-inked
- DFN
What is the most common cause of genetic non-syndromic deafness (~49%)? What is the prevalence of carrier state in US?
DFNB1 locus
chromosome 13 Gap Junction B2 gene mutation (GJB2) for connexin 26
1:31 carriers
What is the most common cause of autosomal dominant hearing loss?
DFNA6/14–WS1
What is the gene mutated in X-linked non-syndromic hearing loss? Mechanism & type of hearing loss?
DFN3 locus
POUF4 transcription factor
mixed hearing impairment w/ fixation of stapes (conductive) w/ perilymphatic gusher (sensorineural)
What is the rare X-linked disorder that affects the collagen of the basement membranes of the kidneys & the inner ear?a
Alport Syndrome
What are the symptoms/clinical picture seen in a patient with Alport Syndrome?
- renal failure
- hematuria in infancy
- progressive sensorineural hearing loss
- may not be evident until 2nd decade of life
What autosomal recessive disorder presents with a thyroid goiter & profound sensorineural hearing loss?
Pendred Syndrome
What is the cause of hearing loss in patients with Pendred Syndrome?
abnormal iodine metabolism
Mondini aplasia or enlarged vestibular aqueduct
What test is performed to diagnose Pendred Syndrome?
Perchlorate discharge test
(+) abnormal organification of nonorganic iodine
What is the most common type of autosomal recessive syndromic hearing loss?
Usher syndrome
What syndrome is characteristic of senorineural hearing loss & retinitis pigmentosa? It accounts for what fraction of all deaf & blind persons in the US?
Usher syndrome
½ of death & blind persons
What is the most common form of autosomal dominant syndromic hearing loss?
Waardenburg syndrome
What syndrome is characterized by unilateal or bilateal SNHL, pigmentary anomalies (white forelock, vitiligo, heterochromia irides) & craniofacial features (broad nasal root, synophrys, dystopia canthorum)
Waardenburg syndrome
What is dystopia canthorum?
wide-set eyes
What is synophrys?
unibrow
At what time point in gestation does the cochlea reach adult size?
9 weeks
Are congenital inner ear malformations more likely to be unilateral or bilateral?
bilateral (65%)
What condition is characterized by complete agenesis of the petrous portion of the temporal bone?
michel aplasia