Cvejic D, Steinberg T A, Kent M S, Fischer A
Section of Neurology, Clinic of Small Animal Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
J Vet Intern Med. 2009 Mar-Apr;23(2):392-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2008.0262.x. Epub 2009 Feb 3.
Congenital sensorineural deafness has been reported frequently in experimental mixed-breed white cats but there is a paucity of data on occurrence of deafness in client-owned pure-breed white cats.
To describe hearing status in client-owned pure-breed white cats.
Eighty-four pure-breed client-owned cats with white coat color of 10 registered breeds presented for routine hearing evaluation before breeding (1995-2008).
Hearing was assessed by click-evoked brainstem auditory evoked response.
Overall deafness prevalence was 20.2%; 9 cats (10.7%) were bilaterally deaf and 8 cats (9.5%) were unilaterally deaf. There was no association between sex and deafness status (P= .85). Deafness status was associated with iris color (P= .04).
Congenital sensorineural deafness frequently occurs in pure-breed cats with white coat color. Unilateral sensorineural deafness was as common as bilateral deafness.
先天性感音神经性耳聋在实验用混种白猫中常有报道，但关于宠物纯种白猫耳聋发生率的数据较少。
描述宠物纯种白猫的听力状况。
1995年至2008年间，84只10个注册品种的宠物纯种白猫因繁殖前的常规听力评估前来就诊。
通过短声诱发脑干听觉诱发电位评估听力。
总体耳聋患病率为20.2%；9只猫（10.7%）双耳失聪，8只猫（9.5%）单耳失聪。性别与耳聋状态之间无关联（P = 0.85）。耳聋状态与虹膜颜色有关（P = 0.04）。
先天性感音神经性耳聋在纯种白猫中经常发生。单侧感音神经性耳聋与双侧耳聋一样常见。
