1 MCQs in ENT for NEET PG
A 7-year-old boy is referred by his school teacher for poor speech discrimination despite apparently normal hearing at the extremes of speech. He has delayed language development and requires instructions to be repeated. Family history reveals a similarly affected maternal uncle and grandfather. Otoscopy is normal. The audiogram shown displays the pattern marked **A** — bilateral symmetric U-shaped sensorineural hearing loss maximal at 1–2 kHz with preserved low and high frequencies. Which of the following is the MOST LIKELY genetic basis for this presentation?
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