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The third daughter, who showed no signs of hearing deterioration, came to medical attention with incomplete Horner syndrome. Evaluations for localization of Horner syndrome on the patient and Sanger sequencing of SLC26A4 on the family members were performed. Although auditory brainstem response and pure tone audiometry of the third daughter were normal, temporal bone computed tomography demonstrated bilateral enlarged vestibular aqueducts. Sanger sequencing of SLC26A4 revealed compound heterozygous variants c.2168A&gt;G and c.919-2A&gt;G in the first, second, and third daughters. Diagnosis of enlarged vestibular aqueduct is often delayed because the degree of hearing loss can vary, and a considerable phenotypic variability can be shown even in family members with the same SLC26A4 variations. Fluctuations of CSF pressure into the cochlear duct and recurrent microruptures of the endolymphatic membrane could result in damage of sympathetic nerve supplying to the inner ear, which could explain the mechanism of Horner syndrome associated with enlarged vestibular aqueduct.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children9020165","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,29]],"date-time":"2022-01-29T01:41:59Z","timestamp":1643420519000},"page":"165","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Atypical Presentation of Enlarged Vestibular Aqueducts Caused by SLC26A4 Variants"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5600-6282","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jun Chul","family":"Byun","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu 42601, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kyu-Yup","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Su-Kyeong","family":"Hwang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"536","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.323.7312.536","article-title":"Prevalence of permanent childhood hearing impairment in the United Kingdom and implications for universal neonatal hearing screening: Questionnaire based ascertainment study","volume":"323","author":"Fortnum","year":"2001","journal-title":"BMJ"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"646","DOI":"10.2471\/BLT.19.224683","article-title":"Hearing loss: Rising prevalence and impact","volume":"97","author":"Olusanya","year":"2019","journal-title":"Bull. 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