Accurate phenotypic classification and exome sequencing allow identification of novel genes and variants associated with adult-onset hearing loss

• Morag A. Lewis ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: morag.lewis@kcl.ac.uk

  Affiliations Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King’s College London, United Kingdom, The Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1846-8600

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• Jennifer Schulte,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Lois Matthews,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Kenneth I. Vaden Jr.,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Claire J. Steves,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King’s College London, School of Life Course and Population Sciences, London, United Kingdom

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• Frances M. K. Williams,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King’s College London, School of Life Course and Population Sciences, London, United Kingdom

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• Bradley A. Schulte,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Judy R. Dubno,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Karen P. Steel

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King’s College London, United Kingdom, The Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

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