d="par0005">Eight patients with MELAS syndrome and m.3243A > G mutation underwent audiological evaluation.
dd><dt class="label">•dt><dd>d="par0010">Sensory neural hearing loss of subclinical to severe degree was present in five patients.
dd><dt class="label">•dt><dd>d="par0015">Hearing loss of cochlear origin was seen in four and retro cochlear origin in one.
dd><dt class="label">•dt><dd>d="par0020">Early referrals for audiological evaluation may detect subclinical hearing loss in MELAS.
dd>dl>