Based on the pedigree data, we found that 20 out of 23 familial DFNB1A-patients were from 11 unrelated families with two and more deaf siblings representing typical autosomal recessive type of HL inheritance, and although not all affected individuals in these families were examined by us, untested siblings in these Tuvinian families obviously have the same type of HL (DFNB1A). This evidence concerns the gene GJB2 and Hodgkins lymphoma.