ABRs; ACPTA; AbfB; Air conduction pure-tone average; Alpha-l-arabinofuranosidaseB-like domain; Auditory brainstem responses; Base pair; C-terminal cystine knot domain; C8; CT; CT scan; Computed tomography scan; Cysteine-rich domain; DNA; DPOAEs; Deep RNA sequencing; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Distortion product of otoacoustic emissions; EGF-like; Epidermal growth factor-like domain; Exome sequencing; GJB2; Gap junction beta-2 protein; Hearing impairment; IHCs; Inner ear; Inner hair cells; MYO7A; Micrograms; Myosin 7A; OHCs; OTOF; OTOG; OTOGL; Otoacoustic emissions; Otoferlin; Otogelin; Otogelin-like; Outer hair cells; SNP; SP; STRC; Signal peptide; Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Database; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Stereocilin; TIL; Trypsin inhibitor-like domain; bp; dB; dBSNP; decibel; kHz; kilo Hertz; vWF; von Willebrand factor-like domain; µg