Explore: Genetic Aspects Of Deafness

and/or deafness and abnormally bowl-shaped and concave ears, known as "lop ears". Genetic testing for CHARGE syndrome involves specific genetic testing

being responsible for deafness to be unlikely. Researchers now know deafness in albino and piebald animals is caused by the absence of mature melanocytes

Merle is a genetic pattern in a dog's coat and alleles of the PMEL gene. It results in different colors and patterns and can affect any coats. The allele

Rehm H. "The Genetics of Deafness; A Guide for Patients and Families" (PDF). Harvard Medical School Center For Hereditary Deafness. Harvard Medical School

deafness and which use sign languages as the main means of communication. When used as a cultural label, especially within the culture, the word deaf

atrophy, and deafness), is a rare autosomal-recessive genetic disorder that causes childhood-onset diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, and deafness as well as

sometimes referred to as "musical deafness" or "tone deafness", include the inability to recognize familiar melodies, the loss of ability to read musical notation

proportion of deaf people (as Martha's Vineyard in the 19th century), it was possible to deny that deafness is a disability. Another example of social renegotiation

representation of deafness in film: deafness as a plot device, as a metaphor, as a symbolic commentary on society, or as a psychosomatic response to trauma; deaf characters

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD or PIGD) is the genetic profiling of embryos prior to implantation (as a form of embryo profiling), and sometimes even of oocytes