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We found relevant frequencies of individuals harboring these alterations: 222 heterozygotes (10.59%) for sequence variants, 54 heterozygotes (2.58%) for copy-number variants (CNV), and four homozygotes (0.19%) for sequence variants. The top five most frequent genes and their corresponding combined allelic frequencies (AF) were <jats:italic>GJB2<\/jats:italic> (AF = 1.57%), <jats:italic>STRC<\/jats:italic> (AF = 1%), <jats:italic>OTOA<\/jats:italic> (AF = 0.69%), <jats:italic>TMPRSS3<\/jats:italic> (AF = 0.41%), and <jats:italic>OTOF<\/jats:italic> (AF = 0.29%). The most frequent sequence variant was <jats:italic>GJB2<\/jats:italic>:c.35del (AF = 0.72%), followed by <jats:italic>OTOA<\/jats:italic>:p. (Glu787Ter) (AF = 0.61%), while the most recurrent CNV was a microdeletion of 57.9\u00a0kb involving the <jats:italic>STRC<\/jats:italic> gene (AF = 0.91%). 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