Congenital hearing loss is one of the most common sensory disabilities worldwide. The
genetic causes of hearing loss account for 50% of hearing loss. Genetic causes of hearing …

Background Hearing loss is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorder. Mutations
in the DFNB1 locus have been reported to be the most common cause of autosomal …

The current molecular genetic diagnostic rates for hereditary hearing loss (HL) vary
considerably according to the population background. Pakistan and other countries with …

Background For every thousand children born in the world, there is one who is born with a
hereditary form of hearing loss. In Saudi Arabia, the rate of children affected with …

Consanguineous Pakistani pedigrees segregating deafness have contributed decisively to
the discovery of 31 of the 68 genes associated with nonsyndromic autosomal recessive …

Objectives Hearing loss is one of the most common heterogeneous complicated disorders
worldwide. We previously analyzed the results of published data on non-syndromic hearing …

Hearing loss is one of the most common sensory disorders and has numerous
environmental and genetic factors that influence its onset and development. Hearing loss …

Background: Hearing loss (HL) is a heterogeneous condition that causes partial or complete
hearing impairment. Hundreds of variants in more than 60 genes have been reported to be …

Hearing loss is the most common sensory disorder worldwide and affects 1 of every 500
newborns. In developed countries, at least 50% of cases are genetic, most often resulting in …

Background Hearing loss or hearing impairment is a clinically and genetically
heterogeneous disorder. More than 117 genes were discovered to date in hereditary …