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To define early molecular defects, we performed single-nucleus RNA-seq before widespread degeneration and found early collapse of mature HC identity and functional gene programs, including mechanotransduction, stereociliary-bundle, and synaptic networks. SIX1 ChIP-seq analysis in the mature cochleamapped SIX1 occupancy at regulatory elements near genes involved in epithelial junctions, actin\/cytoskeletal regulation, ion transport, mechanotransduction, and cell survival, and overlapped with a subset of\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Six1<\/jats:italic>\n                    -dependent transcripts and deafness loci. 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