Maria Bitner-Glindzicz

Professor of Clinical and Molecular Genetics

UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK.

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Assessment of genetic disorders: congenital sensorineural hearing loss

1 November 2014 | | ENT, Genetics, Otology

Severe or profound sensorineural hearing impairment (SNHI) is a common birth defect, affecting approximately 1 in 1000 newborns [1]. SNHI may result from environmental causes or have a genetic basis. The genetic causes can be further subdivided into non-syndromic (isolated...