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Abstract
In the present study we assessed the prevalence and nature of hearing loss in patients with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO) or Kearns-Sayre syndrome (KSS) due to single large-scale mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletion or mtDNA tRNA (Leu (UUR)) A3243G point mutation (A3243G PM). 14 patients with mtDNA deletion and three patients with A3243G PM underwent audiological evaluation comprising pure-tone and speech audiometry as well as transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (OAE). Audiological evaluation revealed hearing impairment in 10/17 patients. Hearing loss was mild to moderate predominantly affecting high frequencies in five patients with subjective hearing problems (three patients with mtDNA deletions, two patients with A3243G PM). Subclinical hearing deficits restricted to high frequencies were seen in further five asymptomatic patients (four patients with mtDNA deletions, one patients with A3243G PM). Audiological findings suggested a cochlear origin of hearing loss in all subjects. Our results demonstrate that CPEO or KSS patients due to mtDNA deletion or A3243G PM are at high risk of developing sensorineural hearing deficits.
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