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It appears from this preliminary report that there is a definite loss of cells in the cochlear nuclei of fatally asphyxiated children. The average cell loss as compared with the control material is 48.8 %. The ventral cochlear nucleus had lost 41.8% of its cells, and the dorsal cochlear nucleus up to 65% of its cells.
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Jens G. Hall (1962) studied this question.
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