Types & Effects of Deafness
[Article: Genetic factors | Discussion ]
Genetics is the cause of approximately 10% of deafness cases. Genetic conditions and syndromes causing deafness include:
- Osteogenesis imperfecta
- Leopard syndrome (multiple lentigines)
- Otosclerosis
- Robinson type ectodermal dysplasia
- Cockayne syndrome
- Bjorn pili torti and deafness syndrome
- Multiple synostosis syndrome
- Hunter syndrome
- Taybi oto-palato-digital syndrome
- Hereditary nephritis
- Mohr syndrome
- Hurler syndrome
- Waardenburg syndrome
- Kartagener syndrome
- Fronto-metaphyseal dysplasia syndrome
- Morquio syndrome
- Trisomy 13 S
- Multiple lentigines syndrome
- Treacher Collins syndrome
- Stickler syndrome
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