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The type and severity of hearing impairment in DFNB16 patients were studied thoroughly, while information on a detailed examination of their vestibular function is still lacking. Our aim was to characterize the vestibular status of patients with biallelic pathogenic variants in\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">STRC<\/jats:italic>\n                      by performing a complete up-to-date test battery.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Eight AR-NSHL patients, aged 6\u201337 (mean age \u00b1 standard error of the mean [SEM] 16.13\u2009\u00b1\u20098.67), underwent standard audiological testing and otoneurologic investigation, including videonystagmography (VNG) with caloric stimulation, video head-impulse test (vHIT), and cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (c-VEMPs). Subjects were divided into three groups (group 1, 2, and 3) according to the type of diagnosed\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">STRC<\/jats:italic>\n                      gene variant.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The grade of the hearing loss was calculated as pure tone average (PTA) (mean PTA \u00b1 SEM 41.88 dB \u00b1 5.49). The vHIT displayed nearly normal bilateral gain and mostly the absence of saccades in all examined groups. Cervical VEMPs in response to air-conducted and bone-conducted stimuli showed prolonged latencies of waves P1 and N1 bilaterally in group 1, although latencies in groups 2 and 3 were within normal range. The results of VNG indicated normal vestibular and central oculomotor function.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Biallelic pathogenic variants in the\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">STRC<\/jats:italic>\n                      gene influence the inner ear\u2019s cochlear and vestibular function. Certain vestibular abnormalities in DFNB16 patients were detected by detailed evaluation, despite none of the DFNB16 subjects in our study reported subjective symptoms.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1097\/ono.0000000000000084","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,27]],"date-time":"2026-01-27T19:00:37Z","timestamp":1769540437000},"page":"e084","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Vestibular Profile of Patients with Hearing Loss Caused by Pathogenic Variants of the STRC Gene"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"Zuzana","family":"Balatkov\u00e1","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otorhinolaryngology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech 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