Sentences with phrase «deafness also»

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Carlson also tells a jaw - dropping anecdote to illustrate Mayer's occasional tone - deafness: After upsetting employees with a number of new H.R. policies, including a widely hated performance review system, Mayer held a town - hall meeting to address their concerns.

His chubby fingers were surprisingly dexterous as he signed the words, although he also spoke, as if what he was signing was bursting through the silence of his deafness.

It is also very beneficial in deafness arising from obstruction in the Eustachian tubes.

Your husband also appears to have selective deafness when it comes to hearing something he'd rather not act upon.

It may be that some versions of the gene also play a role in deafness caused by environmental conditions, creating a predisposition to hearing loss.

Whilst there I worked on a research project studying the genetics of inherited deafness and also performed routine genetic screening and prenatal diagnoses for diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis.

These brain connections are also used for speech and language, so «rehabilitation strategies for tone - deafness may also help with speech and language disorders», says Loui.

However, Holt's study also showed that gene therapy with TMC2 could compensate for loss of a functional TMC1 gene, restoring hearing in the recessive deafness model and partial hearing in the dominant deafness model.

In the recessive deafness model, gene therapy with TMC1 restored the ability of sensory hair cells to respond to sound — producing a measurable electrical current — and also restored activity in the auditory portion of the brainstem.

«This discovery opens up new avenues, not only for understanding the genetics of hearing, but also, eventually for treating deafness,» said the principal investigator, Ronna P. Hertzano, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery at the UM SOM.

Stella Man, a researcher from Queen Mary, University of London, recently discovered that Cx26, a gene associated with deafness, also plays a role in helping wounds heal.

It also shows how different hair cells require, or can function independently, of the deafness gene tmc2b.

Inner ear stem cells can be converted to auditory neurons that could reverse deafness, but the process can also make those cells divide too quickly, posing a cancer risk, according to a study led by Rutgers University - New Brunswick scientists.

It can also cause deafness.

«NIH is committed to making knockout mouse models more widely accessible to the biomedical research community,» said James Battey, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), who is also the co-chair of the Trans - NIH Mouse Initiative.

The zebrafish is also being used to identify the genes and pathways underlying a broad range of human diseases from cardiovascular and musculoskeletal disease to deafness and cancer.

His laboratory also identified and characterized several human disease genes, including those implicated in certain forms of hereditary deafness, vascular disease, and inherited peripheral neuropathy.

But it has also been criticized for a perceived tone - deafness toward racism and / or absolving racism through Sam Rockwell's bigoted cop character, as well as relegating the realities of racism in America to background fodder and narrative devices, rather than in - depth explorations.

They can also suffer from deafness and eye issues.

They can also be prone to deafness, especially those with the merle gene.

The genes responsible for their coloration also make them prone to problems with deafness and blindness.

Yet be prepared that you might also have a puppy that develops selective deafness should something more exciting come along!

In fact, up to 85 % of white cats with blue eyes will also suffer from congenital deafness 1.

Facial nerve paralysis, deafness and seizures have also been associated with the condition but a link has yet to be proven.

Mechanical problems like arthritis, heart problems, deafness and poor vision must also be ruled out.

The piebald gene is also linked to congenital deafness in some breeds.

However they can occasionally also suffer from problems like allergies, deafness, seizures, breathing difficulties and cataracts.

Cavaliers can also develop progressive hearing loss, which usually begins during puppyhood and progresses to profound deafness between the ages of three and five years.

Seizures, facial nerve paralysis and deafness may also be seen; however, no direct relationship has been proven and this association may be circumstantial.

was also genetically linked to cause deafness in pups.

English Setters also suffer from congenial deafness.

Your Ausky may also inherit deafness, PRA, eye problems (including cataracts), and skin conditions.

The Spaniel is also subject to skin allergies and deafness.

Just like the Dalmatian and white Boxer, they are also prone to deafness.

The most common is heart disease, but they also have trick knees (luxating patellas), hip dysplasia, a disease that causes paralysis of the spine, another disease similar to epilepsy called Episodic Falling, ear problems and deafness, many types of eye problems, and about half of them have a severe blood disease.

His deafness would also have required owners willing to learn new ways of communicating.

Some of the most commonly seen health problems with this breed include: hip dysplasia, epilepsy, deafness, PRA (progressive retinal atrophy also known as Collie Eye Anomaly among collie lovers.)

White coat in Dalmatians and Boxers is also connected with deafness.

Deafness can also be caused by illness or injury, so a person adopting a deaf cat may not know whether the cat was born that way or became deaf later on.

A different form of congenital hereditary deafness is seen in the Doberman, which is also accompanied by vestibular (balance) disturbance; this deafness results from a different mechanism where hair cell death is not the result of degeneration of the stria but is instead the primary pathology.

Congenital deafness is primarily associated with Dalmatians but has also been recorded in a number of breeds including Australian Blue Heelers and Shepherds, English Setters, Boston Terriers and Old English Sheepdogs.

It is prone to eye diseases such as juvenile cataracts, late - onset cataracts, entropin, distichiasis, glaucoma, corneal dystrophy, corneal ulcers, cherry eyes, dry eyes and also other health issues such as deafness, patellar luxation, heart and skin tumors.

Scientists are also working on projects to determine genetic predisposition to bloat in several breeds; to different cancers in Flat - Coated Retrievers and Skye Terriers; to cataracts in Alaskan Malamutes, Samoyeds, Siberian Huskies, and Bichon Frisé; hereditary deafness in Dalmatians, Australian Cattle Dogs, and Bull Terriers; and various diseases in Whippets, Poodles, Doberman Pinschers, Boxers, Salukis, Weimaraners, German Shepherds, Soft - Coated Wheaten Terriers, and others.

Yowling also accompanies senility and deafness and sometimes high blood pressure (hypertension) which may be associated with kidney failure.

The group also found that 75 % of the nervous dogs suffered from bilateral deafness, although their hearing status did not affect their response to humans [91].

Pneumonia is the most common fatal side - effect, but patients can also experience swelling of the brain, which can cause permanent deafness or blindness.

Twitter users may also be interested to follow the hashtag #HAW16 and @wepublichealth, which is being hosted this week by Kim Jones, chair of Hear for You, and David Brady, Chairperson of Deafness Forum.

The report also notes that deafness compounds the problems of those caught up in the criminal justice system, to which Peachey can attest:

The Deafness and Mental Health Service has also developed an education booklet called My Australian Indigenous Deaf Wellbeing (PDF, 548.82 KB).

The reduced caregiver — infant interaction can also contribute to the development of insecure attachment in the deaf child, independent of deafness (Lederberg, 1993).