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Candidate deafness genes revealed in new study

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Congenital deafness (hearing loss from birth) is common, impacting around one in 1,000 babies born in the UK .

It is largely caused by mutations in genes, but many of these genes remain to be discovered.

Understanding the exact mutations that cause deafness could hold the key to developing treatments.

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