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ArticleJournal of inherited metabolic disease2012

Hearing in adults with Pompe disease.

Nadine A M E van der Beek, Hans Verschuure, Arnold J J Reuser, Ans T van der Ploeg, Pieter A van Doorn, René M L Poublon

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Article in Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Nadine A M E van der BeekDepartment of Neurology, Center for Lysosomal and Metabolic Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, 's-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. n.beek@erasmusmc.nl
Hans Verschuure
Arnold J J Reuser
Ans T van der Ploeg
Pieter A van Doorn
René M L Poublon

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hearing loss has been recognized as an important cause of morbidity in infants with Pompe disease, a metabolic disorder caused by deficiency of acid α-glucosidase. It is unknown whether hearing is also affected in adult Pompe patients. We have studied the prevalence, severity, and type of hearing loss in 58 adult patients using tympanometry and pure-tone audiometry. Compared to normative data (International Organisation for Standardisation standard 7029), 72% of patients had impaired hearing thresholds at one or more frequencies in at least one ear. All measured frequencies were equally affected. All patients had a sensorineural type of hearing loss, pointing to cochlear or retrocochlear pathology. Categorised according to the standards of the World Health Organisation 21% of patients had a clinically relevant hearing loss (16% slight, 3% moderate, 2% profound). Though this suggests that hearing loss occurs in a considerable number of patients with Pompe disease, this prevalence is similar to that in the general population. Therefore, we conclude that hearing loss is not a specific feature of Pompe disease in adults.

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Acoustic Impedance TestsAdultAgedalpha-GlucosidasesAudiometry, Pure-ToneAuditory ThresholdCohort StudiesFemaleGlycogen Storage Disease Type IIHearing Loss, SensorineuralHumansMaleMiddle Agedalpha-Glucosidases

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PMID22002441
PMCPMC3278617

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