Genetic etiology of congenital deafness

Abstract

Hearing impairment is the most common form of sensory disorders in human. Genetic etiology is estimated to be responsible for over half the cases of profound early-onset deafness. This article describes the current progress in genetics of deafness through the use of molecular genetic techniques that have resulted in the identification of genes whose dysfunction underlies syndromic and non-syndromic hearing impairment in human