More than 24,000 children are born with hearing loss in the United States each year. Boys Town National Research Hospital is a national leader in the diagnosis and treatment of children with moderate to profound hearing loss.
Information on Hearing Loss - Genetics and Deafness
Basic Concepts
- Fundamentals of Hearing, Part I
- Fundamentals of Hearing, Part II
- Glossary of Genetic Terms
- Autosomal Dominant Inheritance
- Autosomal Recessive Inheritance
- Mitochondrial Inheritance
- X-Linked Dominant Inheritance
- X-Linked Recessive Inheritance
- The Human Genome Project: Where will it take us?
- Decoding Genes: A Primer on Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Genetic Evaluation and Counseling for Hearing Loss
Genetic Syndromes
- Alport Syndrome
- Autism and Deafness: A Psychologist's Perspective
- How the Balance System Works
- Branchio-Oto-Renal (BOR) Syndrome
- Current Progress in Finding Genes Involved in Hearing Impairment
- Dominant Progressive Hearing Loss
- Ears and Kidneys: What's the Connection
- X-Linked Hearing Loss and Perilymphatic Gusher
- Neurofibromatosis and Hearing Loss
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Hearing Loss
- Otosclerosis
- Stickler Syndrome/Marshall Syndrome
- Ten Syndromes Most Commonly Associated With Hearing Impairment
- Tinnitus
- Usher Syndrome
- Waardenburg Syndrome