What would define real progress in the field of deafness research in fundamental and
medical terms? In fundamental terms, progress would be measured by an improvement in …

Hereditary hearing loss is both clinically and genetically very heterogeneous. Despite the
large number of genes that have been associated with the condition, many cases remain …

Background: Hereditary sensorineural hearing loss is the most frequently occurring birth
defect. It has profound effects for the individual and is a substantial burden on society …

Hearing loss is an etiologically diverse condition with many disease-related complications
and major clinical, social, and quality of life implications. As the rate of acquired hearing loss …

Congenital hearing impairment affects nearly 1 in every 1000 live births and is the most
frequent birth defect in developed societies. Hereditary types of hearing loss account for …

Hearing loss (HL), or deafness in its most severe form, affects an estimated 28 and 22.5
million Americans and Europeans, respectively. The numbers are higher in regions such as …

Disease characteristics. Hereditary hearing loss and deafness may be conductive,
sensorineural, or a combination of both; syndromic (associated with malformations of the …

The genetic heterogeneity of hereditary hearing loss is thus far represented by hundreds of
genes encoding a large variety of proteins. Mutations in these genes have been discovered …

The past decade has seen extremely rapid progress in the field of hereditary hearing loss.
To date, 80 loci for nonsyndromic hearing loss have been mapped to the human genome …

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