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Yes it can.It may not affect hearing every time,However they're chances of the person becoming deaf post a severe attack of meningitis.It may result due to inflammation of auditory nerve and cochlea,due to the immune response of the body to the infection.Due to inner ear's close proximity to the brain,infection may also spread from the brain to these tiny delicate areas.
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Does aids cause deafness or blindness to a fetus?
NO.
Is there a disease that could cause blindness andor deafness over night?
Stroke
What are some health problems in older beagles?
Obesity, blindness, and deafness
What is the leading cause of deafness in infants?
CMV is a leading cause of congenital deafness.
What is Congenital Rubella Syndrome?
Congenital Rubella Syndrome is caused by the mother of an unborn child contracting the German Measles during the first trimester of pregnancy. The Rubella virus gets transmitted to the baby and can cause many birth defects and health problems. Mental retardation, blindness, deafness and heart problems are some of the effects related to Rubella.
What are the causes of partial deafness?
what are the cause of partial deafness
What do you get from lack of vitamin a?
Night blindness, measles, slow bone development, Xerophthalmia
How do you use congenital in a sentence?
Helen Keller's deafness and blindness were not congenital defects; she was normal at birth.
Are there any links between mmr and genetic deafness?
Not at all. By MMR, I don't know if you're refering to the set of diseases (measles, mumps and rubella) or the MMR vaccine designed to immunize a person against such diseases. Either way, genetic deafness is caused by genetic factors as the name suggests. A vaccine or a virus is not going to alter your DNA to cause deafness.
Does wax in the ear cause permanent or temporary deafness?
temporary deafness
Does tv cause blindness?
Television does not cause blindness.
What happens if the fetus' senses don't develop right?
It will be born with a sensory defect such as blindness, deafness etc.
