00860nas a2200265 4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001000074653000900084653001000093653001700103653001100120653001200131653000900143653001600152653003900168653003700207100001400244245006600258300001000324490000700334520023900341022001400580 1978 d c1978 Oct-Nov10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAged10aChild10aHearing Loss10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aPeripheral Nervous System Diseases10aVestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases1 aChehata M00a[Lesions of the auditory nerve in leprosy (author's transl)]. a685-90 v953 a
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.
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