ABSTRACT

Heredity, either alone or in combination with environmental factors, is the most prominent underlying cause of hearing impairment. Thanks in large part to positional cloning techniques, scientists have identified nearly 100 gene loci implicated in hearing loss since 1995-an extraordinarily rapid rate of gene identification.
Genetic Hearing Loss

chapter 4|8 pages

Usher Syndrome

chapter 5|18 pages

Pendred Syndrome

chapter 6|17 pages

Waardenburg Syndrome

chapter 8|5 pages

HDR Syndrome

chapter 9|11 pages

Branchio-oto-renal Syndrome

chapter 10|14 pages

Treacher Collins Syndrome

chapter 11|12 pages

MYH9

chapter 14|14 pages

Connexins

chapter 16|17 pages

K +-Channel Gene KCNQ4

chapter 17|11 pages

COL11A2

chapter |15 pages

19α-Tectorin

chapter 20|15 pages

EYA4

chapter 21|8 pages

DFNA5

chapter 22|21 pages

COCH

chapter 23|20 pages

Diaphanous

chapter 24|16 pages

Claudin 14

chapter 25|10 pages

CDH23

chapter 26|15 pages

TMPRSS3