Further details of shortlisted candidate genes.

Expression in the ear reported in Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI, http://www.informatics.jax.org/); the Morton cDNA human foetal cochlea cDNA library (Morton, http://brighamandwomens.org/Research/labs/BWH_Hearing/Cochlear_ESTs.aspx); the SHIELD database (SHIELD: Shared Harvard Inner-Ear Laboratory Database, https://shield.hms.harvard.edu/); plus localisation within a reported human deafness locus and phenotypic reports from MGI of any mouse mutations of the gene.Key: SHIELD* = SHIELD - enriched in hair cells compared to supporting cells; SHIELD** = SHIELD - auditory/vestibular ganglia; DFN = within a human deafness locus?; N/A = data not available.