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The genetics of deafness in domestic animals

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2015
Although deafness can be acquired throughout an animal’s life from a variety of causes, hereditary deafness, especially congenital hereditary deafness, is a significant problem in several species.
George M Strain
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AAV-mediated Gene Therapy for Hereditary Deafness: Progress and Perspectives. [PDF]

Adv Sci (Weinh)
Hereditary deafness is the most prevalent sensory deficit disorder, with over 100 identified deafness‐related genes. Clinical treatment options are currently limited to external devices like hearing aids and cochlear implants.
Zhang L, Tan F, Qi J, Lu Y, Wang X, Yang X, Chen X, Zhang X, Fan J, Zhou Y, Peng L, Li N, Xu L, Yang S, Chai R.   +14 more
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Empowering the deaf. Let the deaf be deaf [PDF]

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2000
Deafness is often regarded as just a one and only phenomenon. Accordingly, deaf people are pictured as a unified body of people who share a single problem. From a medical point of view, we find it usual to work with a classification of deafness in which pathologies attributable to an inner ear disorder are segregated from pathologies attributable to an
Muñoz Baell, Irma María, Ruiz Cantero, María Teresa   +1 more
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Parenting stress and needs for social support in mothers and fathers of deaf or hard of hearing children

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
IntroductionHearing parents of deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) children may experience parenting stress and social support could be a buffer to this stress. Differences in levels of these two indicators may exist between mothers and fathers.
Amélie Marie, Laëtitia Clabaut, Marjolaine Corbeil, Clémence Vanlerberghe, Catherine Vincent-Delorme, Barbara Le Driant   +5 more
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To Deaf or not to deaf: That is the Question [PDF]

Psychology, 2019
Names are both personal and political, as they relate to identity. Woodward’s 1975 etic article first mentioned a naming convention for D/deaf and prominent scholars have debated the issue since. To evaluate current preferences, the research team used an online questionnaire to gather emic insights and opinions from the community, as well as a more ...
Ju-Lee A. Wolsey, Katrina R. Cue, Kimberly K. Pudans-Smith, M. Diane Clark   +3 more
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Comprehensive multiomic characterization of human papillomavirus-driven recurrent respiratory papillomatosis reveals distinct molecular subtypes

Communications Biology, 2021
Cem Sievers et al. performed genomic and transcriptomic analysis in human recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP). They found that RRP harbors few genomic alterations, but that distinct transcriptional subtypes correlate with HPV gene expression and ...
Cem Sievers, Yvette Robbins, Ke Bai, Xinping Yang, Paul E. Clavijo, Jay Friedman, Andrew Sinkoe, Scott M. Norberg, Christian Hinrichs, Carter Van Waes, Clint T. Allen   +10 more
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Selective binding and transport of protocadherin 15 isoforms by stereocilia unconventional myosins in a heterologous expression system

Scientific Reports, 2022
During hair cell development, the mechanoelectrical transduction (MET) apparatus is assembled at the stereocilia tips, where it coexists with the stereocilia actin regulatory machinery.
Angela Ballesteros, Manoj Yadav, Runjia Cui, Kiyoto Kurima, Bechara Kachar   +4 more
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The Effect of Lifetime Noise Exposure and Aging on Speech-Perception-in-Noise Ability and Self-Reported Hearing Symptoms: An Online Study

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2022
Animal research shows that aging and excessive noise exposure damage cochlear outer hair cells, inner hair cells, and the synapses connecting inner hair cells with the auditory nerve.
Adnan M. Shehabi, Adnan M. Shehabi, Garreth Prendergast, Hannah Guest, Christopher J. Plack, Christopher J. Plack   +5 more
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ASTX660, an antagonist of cIAP1/2 and XIAP, increases antigen processing machinery and can enhance radiation-induced immunogenic cell death in preclinical models of head and neck cancer

OncoImmunology, 2020
Inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP) antagonists have shown activity in preclinical models of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), and work across several cancer types has demonstrated diverse immune stimulatory effects including enhancement of
Wenda Ye, Sreenivasulu Gunti, Clint T. Allen, Youji Hong, Paul E. Clavijo, Carter Van Waes, Nicole C. Schmitt   +6 more
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Death agonist antibody against TRAILR2/DR5/TNFRSF10B enhances birinapant anti-tumor activity in HPV-positive head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

Scientific Reports, 2021
Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) induced by human papillomavirus (HPV) have increased recently in the US. However, the distinct alterations of molecules involved in the death pathways and drug effects targeting inhibitor of apoptosis ...
Yi An, Jun Jeon, Lillian Sun, Adeeb Derakhshan, Jianhong Chen, Sophie Carlson, Hui Cheng, Christopher Silvin, Xinping Yang, Carter Van Waes, Zhong Chen   +10 more
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