A comprehensive review of the clinical, genetic, and molecular features of hundreds of syndromes
Includes state of the art medical and molecular diagnostic procedures
Oriented towards practicing clinicians
Updated to include new information on molecular mechanisms
This is the third edition of the foremost medical reference on hereditary hearing loss. Chapters on epidemiology, embryology, non-syndromic hearing loss, and syndromic forms of hearing loss have all been updated with particular attention to the vast amount of new information on molecular mechanisms, and chapters on clinical and molecular diagnosis and on genetic susceptibility to ototoxic factors have been added. As in previous editions, the syndromes are grouped by system (visual, metabolic, cardiologic, neurologic, musculoskeletal, endocrine, etc.), with each chapter written by a recognized expert in the field.

Written for practicing clinicians, this volume is an excellent reference for physicians, audiologists, and other professionals working with individuals with hearing loss and their families, and can also serve as a text for clinical training programs and for researchers in the hearing sciences.

Contributors
1. Genetic Hearing Loss: A Brief History
2. Epidemiology, Etiology, Genetic Mechanisms, and Genetic Counseling
3. Embryology of the Mammalian Ear
4. Gene/Environment Interactions in Acquired Hearing Loss
5. Syndrome Diagnosis and Investigation in the Hearing-impaired Patient
6. Genetic Hearing Loss with No Associated Abnormities
7. Genetic Hearing Loss Associated with External Ear Abnormalities
8. Eye Disorders
9. Genetic Hearing Loss Associated with Musculoskeletal Disorders
10. Genetic Hearing Loss Associated with Renal Disorders
11. Genetic Hearing Loss Associated with Neurologic and Neuromuscular Disorders
12. Genetics Hearing Loss Associated with Cardiac Abnormalities
13. Genetic Hearing Loss Associated with Endocrine Disorders
14. Genetic Hearing Loss Associated with Metabolic Disorders
15. Integumentary Disorders
16. Oral and Dental Disorders
17. Chromosome Disorders