article_snippet.sent: Whether or not a person suffers hearing loss due to loud noise may depend on loss genes, research suggests.
article_snippet.sent: scientists at the University of Southern California have identified a gene, named Nox3, found in the inner ear, that is crucial in determining how vulnerable a person is to developing hearing loss.
article_snippet.sent: scientists at the University of Southern California research, looking at the DNA of mice exposed to noise, is the first published genome-wide association study on noise-induced hearing loss in mice.
article_snippet.sent: As a result of the findings, those at higher, genetic risk for hearing loss can decide whether to take precautionary measures to protect those at higher, genetic risk for hearing loss hearing prior to hazardous noise exposure, the study authors say. '
article_snippet.sent: Understanding the biological processes that affect susceptibility to hearing loss due to loud noise exposure is an important factor in reducing the risk,' said lead study author Professor Rick Friedman. '
article_snippet.sent: Scientists have identified a gene, named Nox3, found in the inner ear, that is crucial in determining how vulnerable a person is to developing hearing loss .
article_snippet.sent: While some gene association studies on noise-induced hearing loss in people have been conducted in the past, all were very small and people results unreplicated.
highlights_snippet.sent: Scientists there have identified a gene, named Nox3, found in the inner ear .
  