Deafness gene identified

Researchers think more than 30,000 people in North Western Europe might carry this mutation

29 July 2020

Presented by Eva Higginbotham.

Production by Eva Higginbotham.

HEARING-AID

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After 22 years of searching, researchers at the Radboud University Medical Centre in the Netherlands have successfully identified the genetic cause behind a certain type of inherited adult hearing loss - a defect in the so-called RIPOR2 gene. Eva Higginbotham spoke to geneticist Hannie Kremer and ear nose and throat surgeon Ronald Pennings about how they did it.