A new form of X-linked, high-frequency, sensorineural deafness.
A kindred is described in which five male members over three generations manifested a high-frequency deafness. Their isolated sensorineural hearing loss was non-progressive and only in the 1500-8000 Hz range. The pattern of inheritance and nature of the auditory deficit would suggest it is a previously undescribed X-linked form of deafness.
Wellesley
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Department of Clinical Genetics, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Western Australia.
Goldblatt
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D000368:Aged; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003638:Deafness / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D014960:X Chromosome