ELMOD3 and deafness: Our ex vivo studies reveal that fluorescently tagged ELMOD3 localized with the actin-based microvilli of LLC-PK1-CL4 epithelial cells, in the stereocilia of sensory hair cells of mouse organ of Corti explants, and to a lesser extent to the actin cytoskeleton of MDCK cells, whereas the deafness-associated allele (p.Leu265Ser) was deficient in each case.