The human NEUROG1 maps within the interval of the DFNB60 locus for non-syndromic autosomal recessive hearing loss on 5q22-q31, but linkage data have excluded NEUROG1 from being causative in the DFNB60 patients (Michael S. Hildebrand and Richard J.H. Smith, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA, personal communication). The gene discussed is NEUROG1; the disease is autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss.