Deafness genes.

Abstract excerpt

The pathophysiology of sensorineural hearing impairment, which is a common clinical disorder, remains yet to be determined. For prelingual hearing loss, epidemiological data show that 1 neonate in 1,000 is born with severe to profound hearing loss, and in half of that number the loss is inherited. Some genes responsible for sensorineural hearing impairment have been cloned during the last several years, and the...

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