Impact of socio-demographic structure of the deaf people communities in prevalence of hereditary hearing loss

Hearing loss caused by environmental or genetic factors concerns more than 10 % of the world population. It leads to disability and considerably reduces the life quality of deaf people. On average, 1 in 1,000 newborns are born deaf, and 50-60 % of cases are due to genetic causes. Nonsyndromic heredi...

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Main Authors: O. L. Posukh, M. S. Bady-Khoo, M. V. Zytsar, V. Yu. Mikhalskaia, S. A. Lashin, N. A. Barashkov, G. P. Romanov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, The Vavilov Society of Geneticists and Breeders 2016-03-01
Series:Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекции
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Online Access:https://vavilov.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/517