Impact of socio-demographic structure of the deaf people communities in prevalence of hereditary hearing loss
Hearing loss caused by environmental or genetic factors concerns more than 10 % of the world population. It leads to disability and considerably reduces the life quality of deaf people. On average, 1 in 1,000 newborns are born deaf, and 50-60 % of cases are due to genetic causes. Nonsyndromic heredi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, The Vavilov Society of Geneticists and Breeders
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекции |
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| Online Access: | https://vavilov.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/517 |
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