SLC26A4 and hearing loss disorder: Analysis of the SLC26A4 gene, conducted during long-termstudies of inherited hearing loss in Tuvinians, the indigenouspopulation of the Tyva Republic (Southern Siberia), showedthat the proportion of SLC26A4-associated hearing loss inTuvinian patients is one of the highest in the world (28.2 %)(Danilchenko et al., 2021).