Impact of Genetic Counseling and Connexin-26 and Connexin-30 Testing on Deaf Identity and Comprehension of Genetic Test Results in a Sample of Deaf Adults: A Prospective, Longitudinal Study

• Christina G. S. Palmer ,

  * E-mail: cpalmer@mednet.ucla.edu

  Affiliations Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Human Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Institute for Society and Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Patrick Boudreault,

  Current address: Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Deaf Studies, California State University Northridge, Northridge, California, United States of America

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• Erin E. Baldwin,

  Current address: ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Janet S. Sinsheimer

  Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Institute for Society and Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Departments of Biomathematics and Biostatistics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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