107 of these genes were also identified in our previous study of self-reported hearing difficulty in the UK BioBank cohort [1], 12 of which were known deafness genes (PKHD1L1, ELMO3, CDH23, UBE3B, ADGRV1, COL9A3, NAV2, DMD, AFAP1L2, MPDZ, LOXHD1, and CELSR1). Here, LOXHD1 is linked to deafness.