Clinical Synopsis - %603964 - DEAFNESS, AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT 16; DFNA16 - OMIM
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DEAFNESS, AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT 16; DFNA16


INHERITANCE
- Autosomal dominant

HEAD & NECK
Ears
- Hearing loss, sensorineural, fluctuating (predominantly affecting high frequencies)
- Tinnitus (in some patients)
- Vertigo, unrelated to hearing loss (in some patients)

MISCELLANEOUS
- Age of onset between 6 to 10 years of age
- All hearing impaired females who had been pregnant reported acute hearing loss and tinnitus immediately after parturition
- Treatment with oral steroids can restore hearing during episodes of hearing loss and tinnitus
- One family has been described (last curated August 2015)


Creation Date:
Joanna S. Amberger : 8/25/2015
Edit History:
joanna : 08/25/2015

% 603964

DEAFNESS, AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT 16; DFNA16


ORPHA: 90635;   DO: 0110547;  


INHERITANCE
- Autosomal dominant

HEAD & NECK
Ears
- Hearing loss, sensorineural, fluctuating (predominantly affecting high frequencies)
- Tinnitus (in some patients)
- Vertigo, unrelated to hearing loss (in some patients)

MISCELLANEOUS
- Age of onset between 6 to 10 years of age
- All hearing impaired females who had been pregnant reported acute hearing loss and tinnitus immediately after parturition
- Treatment with oral steroids can restore hearing during episodes of hearing loss and tinnitus
- One family has been described (last curated August 2015)


Creation Date:
Joanna S. Amberger : 8/25/2015

Edit History:
joanna : 08/25/2015



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