We report on a 16-year-old boy with a maternally inherited ~ 18.3 Mb Xq13.2-q21.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe objective was to determine the prevalence of self-reported hearing loss in four urban areas in São Paulo State, Brazil, and to describe the causes and socio-demographic variables. This was a population-based cross-sectional study with data on individuals 12 years or older living in the areas in 2001 and 2002. Participation included 5,250 subjects selected by two-stage probability sampling, stratified in clusters.
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