Genetics of Auditory Disorders

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Keats, Bronya J. B. (Editor), Fay, Richard R. (Editor), Popper, Arthur N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2002.
• Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 14
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Human physiology.; Neurosciences.; Animal physiology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Physiology.; Human Physiology.

Genetics is fundamental to hearing function, and an understanding of genetics enhances both auditory research and the clinical treatment of the hearing impaired. Approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of hearing impairment have developed from technological advances in genetic research. This volum...

Table of Contents:

• and Overview: Genetics in Auditory Science and Clinical Audiology
• Genes and Mutations in Hearing Impairment
• Mapping and Cloning of Genes for Inherited Hearing Impairment
• Genetic Epidemiology of Deafness
• Cytogenetics and Cochlear Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) for Identification of Genes Involved in Hearing and Deafness
• Autosomal and X-Linked Auditory Disorders
• Hearing Loss and Mitochondrial DNA Mutations: Clinical Implications and Biological Lessons
• Mice as Models for Human Hereditary Deafness
• Genetic Counseling for Deafness.