Open AccessGenetic Epidemiology of Hearing Loss in the 22 Arab Countries: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Mariem Sidenna,
Tasnim Fadl,
Hatem Zayed
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
otology and neurotology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1537-4505
pISSN - 1531-7129
DOI - 10.1097/mao.0000000000002489
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , incidence (geometry) , hearing loss , population , web of science , scopus , genetic epidemiology , pediatrics , demography , medline , meta analysis , environmental health , audiology , biology , biochemistry , optics , physics , sociology
Hearing loss (HL) is a heterogeneous condition that causes partial or complete hearing impairment. Hundreds of variants in more than 60 genes have been reported to be associated with Hereditary HL (HHL). The HHL prevalence is thought to be high in the Arab population; however, the genetic epidemiology of HHL among Arab populations is understudied. This study aimed to systematically analyze the genetic epidemiology of HHL in Arab countries.