@article{9446, keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Child, Hearing Loss, Humans, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged, Peripheral Nervous System Diseases, Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases}, author = {Chehata M}, title = {[Lesions of the auditory nerve in leprosy (author's transl)].}, abstract = {

A study of 260 male patients in the Alexandria leper colony showed that 15% of them had uni- or bilateral perception deafness. The lesion was of the retro-cochlear type and has to be related to lesions of the peripheral nerves.

}, year = {1978}, journal = {Annales d'oto-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico faciale : bulletin de la Societe d'oto-laryngologie des hopitaux de Paris}, volume = {95}, pages = {685-9}, month = {1978 Oct-Nov}, issn = {0003-438X}, language = {fre}, }