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Hereditary deafness is inherited by a person's parent, or parents, based on their genes. In the chromosomes, just as a person's hair or eye color is identified, a person's hearing balance can be passed on, dominant or recessive, syndromic or nonsyndromic. Syndromic being associated with certain hearing traits as well as hearing impairment. Nonsyndromic being hearing loss as its only impairment.Dominant transmission of deafness needs only one faulty gene, from either parent to cause the hearing loss, however recessive transmission of deafness requires a faulty gene from both the mother and father.
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Are there any limitations to a person with hereditary deafness?
their only limitation is not being able to hear.
Is deafness hereditary?
Like allergies and birthmarks, deafness as a symptom by itself is not genetic. Deafness as a symptom of a disease which is genetic, is genetic.
Is hereditary deafness recessive or dominant?
Hereditary deafness can be caused by both recessive and dominant genetic mutations. Autosomal recessive inheritance typically requires two copies of the mutated gene for deafness to manifest, while autosomal dominant inheritance only requires one copy of the mutated gene. There are also other forms of inheritance, such as X-linked and mitochondrial inheritance, that can cause hereditary deafness.
What are the symptoms of hereditary deafness?
loss or or total lack of hearing abilities
If both parents are deaf will their kids be deaf?
It depends on whether the cause of the deafness is hereditary or environmental. If it's hereditary then probably.
What is the type of mutation that causes deafness?
that would be a hereditary thing not a gene mutaion
How do organism inherit traits from their parents?
Hereditary genes
What is life expectancy of someone with hereditary deafness?
This condition would have no impact on life expectancy.
How is deafness contracted?
Deafness can be hereditary or be "contracted" by listening to loud music. Working in a loud environment for an extended period of time without the proper protection can cause hearing loss.
How do people become tone deaf?
Tone deafness seems to be mostly hereditary and is more of a difficulty distinguishing between pitches inside the brain than a deafness that causes you to not be able to hear.
Do children inherit lupus?
Lupus is not hereditary. In order to develop lupus, a person has to inherit just the right combination of quite a few different genes and then be exposed to a trigger. Children of parents with lupus have only a slightly higher chance of developing the disease.
What does CODA stand for?
CODA stands for Child Of Deaf Adult. They might be able to hear or not. It depends if the parent's deafness is hereditary.
