A 20-Year-Old Woman Comes to the Office Due to Hearing

question 511

Multiple Choice

A 20-year-old woman comes to the office due to hearing loss.  The patient is a student and has difficulty hearing her professors, even when sitting in the front row.  She also has trouble with balancing poses during yoga.  The patient has no medical conditions and takes only oral contraceptives.  She drinks alcohol on weekends and does not smoke.  Her mother also developed hearing loss in her 20s.  Ear examination is normal.  Gait is normal, but standing on 1 foot is difficult, especially with closed eyes.  Audiogram shows bilateral sensorineural hearing loss.  Which of the following is the most likely cause of this patient's symptoms?

• A)Congenital long QT syndrome
• B)Mitochondrial disorder
• C)Multiple sclerosis
• D)Neurofibromatosis
• E)Otosclerosis

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