Genomic advances for gene discovery in hereditary hearing loss

Karen B. Avraham*, Moien Kanaan

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

High-throughput sequencing is changing the face of genetic diagnosis and counseling. While in the past, it would take on average 1 to 5 years to identify a mutation leading to deafness, today, the genetic basis for deafness can be determined within months in a child or adult with inherited hearing loss. Obstacles and challenges still remain, but the field is changing at a dramatic rate, making gene discovery a much easier and more efficient task than in the past.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)93-97
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology
Volume23
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2012

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication DisordersR01DC011835

    Keywords

    • Consanguineous
    • Deafness
    • Homozygosity mapping
    • Massively parallel sequencing
    • Next-generation sequencing

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