TECTA and hearing loss disorder: All three of these genes play important roles in the mammalian inner ear and are associated with human hearing loss (DFNB84 (otogelin); DFNA8, DFNA12, and DFNB21 (\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}\usepackage{amsmath}\usepackage{wasysym}\usepackage{amsfonts}\usepackage{amssymb}\usepackage{amsbsy}\usepackage{mathrsfs}\usepackage{upgreek}\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt}\begin{document}$$\alpha$$\end{document}α-tectorin); DFNA78 (slc12a2)) (Mustapha et al. 1999; Mutai et al. 2020; Verhoeven et al. 1998; Yariz et al. 2012).