In our cohort, pathogenic variants were also detected in a number of other deafness genes, including KCNQ4, POU3F4, MYO7A, TMPRSS3, EYA1, TECTA, MITF, POU4F3, PJVK, COL4A5, WFS1, GATA3, SIX5, USH2A, OTOG, PAX3, MYO6, ATP6V1B2, SOX10, PTPRQ, EPS8L2, and EDNRB, as shown in Table 6. The gene discussed is EPS8L2; the disease is deafness.