81 patients had GJB2 biallelic mutations and severe or profound hearing impairment: 20 (24.6%) of them had severe HI and c.35delG in homozygous state, 28 (34.5%) had profound HI and c.35delG in homozygous state, while 8 patients (9.87%) with severe HI had c.35delG in compound heterozygous state and 14 patients with profound HI had c.35delG in compound heterozygous state. Here, GJB2 is linked to Hearing impairment.