1. A case of rapid and almost total loss of hearing in a child, seven years of age: inherited syphilis apparently the cause : marked improvement following the use of the iodine of potassium Author(s): Buck, Albert H. (Albert Henry), 1842-1922 Publication: New Bedford : Mercury Publishing Co., 1887 Subject(s): Hearing Loss, Sudden -- drug therapyHearing Loss, Sudden -- etiologyChildPotassium Iodide -- therapeutic useSyphilis -- complications