A submucous cleft palate is a hidden split or separation in the muscles of the soft palate that is covered by normal-looking mucosa (the lining skin). Because ...

Cleft of the uvula means the small soft tissue at the back of the mouth (the “uvula”) looks split into two tips. Many people have this with no trouble at all. ...

A bifid palatine uvula means the little soft dangly part at the back of your throat (the uvula) looks split into two parts. Many people with a bifid uvula are ...

A bifid uvula means the little soft tissue that hangs at the back of your mouth—the uvula—is split into two parts or looks like it has a cleft. This split ...

Indentation clefting of the nose means there is a split, groove, or deep notch in the nose, often in the midline, that can range from a shallow dimple at the ...

A cleft nasal bridge means there is a visible split, groove, or gap along the top of the nose (the “bridge”) where the right and left sides did not fully join ...

A bifid nasal bridge means the bridge of the nose is split or divided down the middle. Instead of one smooth ridge, there is a midline groove or a true gap ...

A bifid nose means the nose looks “split” down the middle, as if the tip or the bridge has a groove that divides the nose into two parts. Doctors call this a ...

Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss 9 (ARNSHL9) is a genetic type of hearing loss caused by changes (variants) in a gene called OTOF. This gene makes ...

Autosomal recessive neurosensory deafness with hearing loss 47 (DFNB47) is a rare, inherited form of non-syndromic sensorineural hearing loss. “Autosomal ...

Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 47 is a rare, inherited kind of permanent hearing loss. “Autosomal recessive” means a child must inherit the ...

GJB6-related DFNB1 nonsyndromic hearing loss is a type of inherited, inner-ear (sensorineural) hearing loss caused by harmful changes in the GJB6 gene. GJB6 ...

GJB2-related autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss is a genetic condition where a child is born with hearing loss because both copies of a single gene, ...

GJB2 and GJB6 autosomal recessive digenic deafness are genes that make tiny “gap junction” channel proteins, connexin-26 and connexin-30. These channels let ...

Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A is a genetic type of hearing loss that affects the inner ear, especially a part called the cochlea. “Autosomal ...

Autosomal dominant omodysplasia is a very rare genetic bone condition. “Omo” refers to the shoulder; “dysplasia” means an abnormal way that tissues grow. In ...

Autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 53 (DFNA53) is a rare inherited form of sensorineural hearing loss that runs in families in an autosomal dominant ...

Autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 3A (DFNA3A) is a genetic type of hearing loss passed in families where a single changed copy of a hearing gene is ...

Autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 2A—often shortened to DFNA2A—is a genetic form of sensorineural hearing loss (inner-ear hearing loss) caused by ...

Autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 24—often shortened to DFNA24—is a rare, inherited type of hearing loss. “Autosomal dominant” means a person needs ...