X-linked hearing impairment is the rarest form of genetic hearing loss (HL) and represents only a minor fraction of all cases. The aim of this study was to investigate the cause of X-linked inherited
The GJB6 gene is located just 35 kb telomeric to GJB2 in the so-called nonsyndromic hearing loss and deafness locus 1 (DFNB1). Knock out mouse models confirmed that inner ear expression of their prote