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Escher Hirt syndrome
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Escher-Hirt syndrome is characterized by small ears with thickened ear lobes, a small jaw, and conductive hearing loss due to ear abnormalities. It has only been described in a few families. Escher-Hirt syndrome is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern.[1]

References
  1. Earlobes, thickened - conductive deafness. Orphanet. May 2007 Available at: http://www.orpha.net/consor4.01/www/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?lng=EN&Expert=2405. Accessed March 31, 2009.

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