Tag: Congenital hearing loss

Jul 06

2017

What is connexin 26 gene? What is its importance in Congenital Hearing Loss? What is a abiotrophy and how does it present in the ear?What is connexin 26 gene? What is its importance in Congenital Hearing Loss? What is a abiotrophy and how does it present in the ear?

Around 70% of genetic hearing loss are non-syndromic hearing loss. A number of gene mutations are thought to be responsible for non-syndromic hearing loss. Many of these have recently been