听力障碍是地方性克汀病(简称地克病)的一个很重要的特征。在流行病学调查和临床诊视中,常常把地克病患者的听力障碍和语言障碍合称为聋哑。无论哪种类型的地克病患者都可合并有不同程度的听力障碍,而神经型患者听力障碍的发生率最高,往往可达50%以上。Mc Carrison 氏早在1908年就发现,当时存在于喜马拉雅山 Chitral 和 Gilgit 山谷 Hearing impairment is a very important feature of endemic cretinism (Dick’s disease). In epidemiological investigations and clinical diagnosis, deaf patients are often referred to as hearing impaired and speech disabilities. No matter what type of Dick’s disease patients can be combined with varying degrees of hearing impairment, while the incidence of hearing-impaired neurological patients is the highest, often up to 50%. As early as 1908, Mc Carrison discovered that it existed in the Chitral and Gilgit valleys of the Himalayas