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Thursday, 14 March 2013

Hearing Loss may be a Symptom of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Hearing loss in both ears could be a symptom of the rare but always-fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. That was the conclusion of Henry Ford Hospital researchers after encountering a 67-year-old patient who had been progressively losing hearing in both ears for two months and was eventually diagnosed with the disease. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, or CJD, is often confused with so-called "mad cow disease," and though they are in the same family of disorders, ...


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