To Hear -- Genetic Deafness

Maureen and Jim Hynes are the parents of two healthy, hearing children. This surprised them because both are deaf. Thanks to genetic testing, predicting deafness is easier. The numbers of deaf people aren't decreasing though — quite the opposite. Many deaf parents are choosing to have deaf children. This segment looks at the science and the controversy behind genetic deafness.

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Science & Technology

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• vcu
• virginia
• commonwealth
• university
• richmond
• rams
• deaf
• hearing
• gene
• dna
• science
• health
• cells
• biology
• genetics
• medicine

[twinkle16ify]

this isn't unusual,1 of my BFF's ,Both of her parents are Deaf,and her and her brother aren't Deaf

[FrancesFarmer86]

@mentalillnesstalking Don't be disrespectful towards a culture you know nothing about.

[mentalillnesstalking]

dismayed to have healthy, perfect kids? psychosis?

[sabslack]

Yeah, the closed captioning isn't working? Can someone fix it?

[limdaf]

where closed captioned ? I want to know how genetics deaf ..but this video seem old not like 2010 new video must have closed captioned .

[aoibhealfae]

This is perfect for my genetic group presentation for Hereditary Deafness next week. Although I'd appreciates if it was more scientific but this was a great visual stimulus for the audience. Thank you.

[wandagarner]

Closed Captioned please. Hello? Anyone out there?

[MSSDstudent]

Hello, that's a great video! your children are cute... I wish you could put subtitles on where that man was talking...

btw, i know you Jim Hynes from MSSD! HellO! =)