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Article: FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME FOUND TO AFFECT HEARING
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 29, 1988
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Researchers have added hearing loss to the list of disorders that
may beset children born to women who abuse alcohol while pregnant.
Thirteen of 14 children with fetal alcohol syndrome studied were
found to have a history of hearing problems, said researchers from
Wayne State University in Detroit and the University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center.
The researchers said more than a third of children born to
chronic alcoholic mothers show at least some symptoms of fetal
alcohol syndrome, which can lead to growth deficiencies, central
nervous system disorders, cleft palate and defects in the skeleton,
internal organs, face, skull and ...