TY  - JOUR
T1  - SEnsorineural hearing loss and congenital heterochromia iridium
AU  - GORLIN RJ
Y1  - 1969/03/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.1969.02100030373027
JO  - American Journal of Diseases of Children
SP  - 371
EP  - 371
VL  - 117
IS  - 3
N2  - To The Editor.—I was extremely interested in the perspicacious report of Dr. G. C. Robinson and Dr. V. J. Wright on "Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Congenital Heterochromia Iridium" (Amer J Dis Child116: 106-109 [July] 1968).Dr. Robinson and colleagues have been very seminal contributors, and their acute observations have been of keen interest to this reader.Although, as an oral pathologist I have no direct involvement with this syndrome, nevertheless, syndromes of profound childhood deafness have captured my interest, and I have catalogued over 50 such symptom-complexes.Dr. Robinson and Dr. Wright indicated in their report that this binary complex with auricular appendages had not been previously reported. It would appear, however, that the report by McLaurin et al, "Hereditary Branchial Anomalies and Associated Hearing Impairment" (Laryngoscope76: 1277-1288 [July] 1966), may well illustrate this syndrome. The association of hereditary deafness (autosomal dominant) with pretragal ear pits and
SN  - 0002-922X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1969.02100030373027
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1969.02100030373027
ER  -