The 84 genes included some of the genes most strongly linked with deafness and recommended for newborn screening, namely GJB2, STRC, SLC26A4, MYO7A, TECTA, MYO15A, CDH23, USH2A, ADGRV1, WFS1, TMPRSS3, OTOF, and TMC1 (Shearer et al., 2019). Here, SLC26A4 is linked to deafness.