SLC26A4 and sensorineural hearing loss disorder: Children with a suspected genetic cause (n = 70), presented in 43% with a positive family history for SNHL, 39% presented with a suspected syndrome associated with SNHL, and 18% had a gene mutation of unknown pathogenicity, or a single heterozygous variant in a gene (predominantly in the SLC26A4 gene) known to cause SNHL with autosomal recessive inheritance.