syndromes

New insights into Meniere’s disease

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Science Daily reports: In the most comprehensive study of Ménière’s Disease to date, researchers have been able to suggest what goes wrong in the body when people develop the disease, and provide an insight into factors that lead to its development. The analysis also showed that Ménière’s patients were more likely to suffer falls and …

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Tatyana Markova answers the questions of experts and parents in the webinar on Genetics, 31.03.2013

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[Elena Zueva] If parents are carriers of mutations in different genes, will a child who has a genotype with two faulty genes (for example, connexin and another) be hearing-impaired? We must be aware that every gene has a duplicate – one variant from the mother, and one from the father. So if we talk about …

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Topic: Genetics of Hearing Impairments – PORA ! Forum Discussion, April 14

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Get familiar with recordings of the March 31st webinar: for experts; for parents. Forum Discussion with Tatyana Markova and Monika Lehnhardt: –>  April 14, 2013 at 6.00 – 7.30 p.m. (Moscow time) for therapists, professionals and interested experts –>  April 14, 2013 at 8.00 – 9.30 p.m. (Moscow time) for parents with hearing impaired/CI recipient children Participation: is open …

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Topic: Genetics of Hearing Disorders – PORA! Live Web Seminar, March 31

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Meet the global expert: Dr. Tatyana Markova –>  March 31, 2013 at 6.00 – 7.30 p.m. (Moscow time) for therapists and other professionals working with hearing impaired children –>  March 31, 2013 at 8.00 – 9.30 p.m. (Moscow time) for parents with hearing impaired or deaf children Participation: please indicate planned participation in a comment to this post. Participation is …

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Answers of Konstantin Nikiforov to questions asked by parents at the 17.06 webinar devoted to genetic aspects of deafness

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During the webinar on June 17th, many parents who already have children with CIs, were concerned about the following: is it possible to predict the likelihood of having a deaf child in the future? There were other questions as well! They have been answered by Konstantin Nikiforov himself, in the posting below.

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Parents’ meeting: Konstantin Nikiforov, “Genetic reasons for deafness”, June 17th 2012

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Aim of the meeting: meeting doctor Konstantin Nikiforov, head of the audiology office of Children’s Clinical Hospital, Simferopol, Ukraine, and discussing the genetic background of congenital hearing loss with specialists.

Agenda: the presentation of Konstantin Nikiforov
“Genetic reasons for deafness”.

To find out more about Mr. Nikiforov, please follow this link to his profile.

When: Sunday, June 17th 2012, 18:00 German time (20:00 Moscow time). The meeting will be recorded and published, open for comments of interested participants.

Where: live online (audio conference room) – join the meeting here.

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