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Hearing aid use

MYO6 · rs121912560

What the study found

Who was studied 6,436 European ancestry cases, 96,601 European ancestry controls.

The effect Each copy of the G allele shifted the measure 5.28 higher (95% confidence interval 3.36-7.2); p = 5 × 10−14.

How common The G allele had a frequency of about 0% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 6, band 6q14.1 — a missense change in MYO6.

What ClinVar records

Classification Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic for Rare genetic deafness, Progressive sensorineural hearing loss-hypertrophic cardiomyopathy syndrome, Monogenic hearing loss, MYO6-related disorder; criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts (2 of 4 stars, 7 submitters), last evaluated 2025-10-20. ClinVar record 8581 NM_004999.4(MYO6):c.737A>G (p.His246Arg)

What this is ClinVar's aggregate record for this position (as of its 2026-10-12 release), not a result about you. A classification describes the variant against the condition named, as laboratories submitted it. Whether a person carries this variant, and what that would mean for them, is a question for a clinical test and a genetic counsellor.

What each result means

A/A No copy of the version the research linked to Hearing aid use. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
A/G One copy of the version the research linked to Hearing aid use. That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G Two copies of the version the research linked to Hearing aid use. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs121912560

What is rs121912560?

rs121912560 is a single position in the genome, in or near the MYO6 gene. Published research associates it with hearing aid use. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs121912560 mean I will get this?

No. Common variants like this one move a probability slightly and, on their own, rarely decide anything about one person. Nothing on this page is a diagnosis, and health decisions should be made with a clinician who can see your whole picture.

Where does the information about rs121912560 come from?

GWAS Catalog, European journal of human genetics : EJHG 2023, PMID:36788145. Every variant on MyGeneLog comes from public primary sources and is published with its citation and the date it was checked.

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