Cochlear Nerve Canal Stenosis: Association With MYH14 and MYH9 Genes

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Cochlear Nerve Canal Stenosis: Association With MYH14 and MYH9 Genes Via ear nose throat Ear Nose Throat J. 2021 Mar 8:145561321996839. doi: 10.1177/0145561321996839. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT The bony cochlear nerve canal transmits the cochlear nerve as it passes from the fundus of the internal auditory canal to the cochlea. Stenosis of the cochlear nerve canal, defined as a diameter less than 1.0 mm in transverse diameter, is associated with inner ear anomalies and severe to profound congenital hearing loss. We describe an 11-month-old infant with nonsyn dromic congenital sensorineural hearing loss with cochlear nerve canal stenosis. Next-generation sequencing revealed heterozygous mutations in MYH9 and MYH14, encoding for the inner ear proteins myosin heavy chain IIA and IIC. The patient's hearing was rehabilitated with bilateral cochlear implantation. PMID:33683976 | DOI:10.1177/0145561321996839 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.