The correlation between hair and eye colour and contralateral suppression of otoacoustic emissions

Genetics and environmental factors frequently influence individual’s susceptibility to hearing loss. It is postulated that melanin in the inner ear is related to individual’s susceptibility to noise induced hearing loss (NIHL). General pigmentation in turn, suspected to be related to the amount of p...

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Main Authors: Marike Klopper, Leigh Biagio–de Jager, Bart Vinck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Noise and Health
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Online Access:http://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.asp?issn=1463-1741;year=2019;volume=21;issue=101;spage=155;epage=163;aulast=Klopper