What is Causing Hearing Loss?

Scientists have found a gene that causes human hearing loss. This article explains this discovery and what can be done about hearing loss. 

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Scientists have identified a hearing loss gene. The gene is called TMTC4 and they have just proven that it can mutate and kill one type of cell that you need to hear with. The most exciting part of this discovery is that is show us it could be possible to stop hearing loss before it ever happensSo what were these researchers trying to discover?