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Rare condition leaves woman unable to hear men’s voices

She knew something was wrong when she woke up one morning and couldn’t hear anything her boyfriend said.

A Chinese woman recently made the news after being diagnosed with a very rare form of hearing loss, which leaves sufferers unable to hear low frequency sounds, like men’s voices.

The woman from Xiamen, on China’s east coast, knew something was wrong when she woke up one morning and realized that she couldn’t hear anything her boyfriend said.

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