[Deafness as an autoimmune phenomenon in a female patient with ulcerative colitis and autoimmune hepatitis]

In the last years it was confirmed that deafness could occur as an autoimmune phenomenon in patients with ulcerative colitis. The object of the work is to demonstrate by means of retrospective analysis the occurrence of deafness in a female patient with ulcerative colitis, appearing in early childhood with underestimated clinical signs and confirmed after clinical manifestation of autoimmune hepatitis. The notion of deafness as an autoimmune phenomenon in ulcerous colitis could allow its timely treatment, restoration and preservation of hearing.