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CHUN-YUE MAO, M.D., M.SC. (MED.)

Arch Otolaryngol. 1942;35(4):582-586.

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Hereditary, or biologic, deafness in children is a matter of concern to laymen, otologists and educators alike. However, the general attitude is one of resignation to and acceptance of a problem which admits of no easy solution. Various investigators, notably Taylor¹ and Mosher,² have emphasized the importance of certain drugs as etiologic factors. Both of these authors implicated the drug quinine, the former on the basis of its known effect on uterine musculature, the latter on the basis of lesions observed in the cochleas of fetal guinea pigs. Maternal endocrine lacks have been discussed at great length. More recently vitamin deficiencies have been blamed for the development of hearing defects in the neonatal and early postnatal periods.

The present study was undertaken on the basis of recent comprehensive studies³ which indicate clearly that allergy is definitely hereditary. Differences of opinion relate more to the immediacy of transmission than to the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PHILADELPHIA

From the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf.

Footnotes
Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Medical Science (D.Sc. [Med.]) for graduate work in otolaryngology.

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