Article
Heritability and Genetics Contribution to Tinnitus.
Otolaryngologic clinics of North America - 1 Aug 2020
Lopez-Escamez Jose A, Amanat Sana
Abstract excerpt
Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the absence of an external source. Genetic studies on families, twins, and adoptees cohorts have been conducted supporting tinnitus heritability, with higher heritability in men with bilateral tinnitus at any age, and young women with bilateral tinnitus, but not in unilateral tinnitus. The condition is associated with several comorbidities such as hearing loss, Meniere...
Topics
- Comorbidity
- Deafness
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Hearing Loss
- Humans
- Inheritance Patterns
- Male
- Meniere Disease
- Sex Factors
- Suicide, Attempted
- Tinnitus