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SUBMITTER: Winata S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1050426 | biostudies-other | 1995 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Winata S S Arhya I N IN Moeljopawiro S S Hinnant J T JT Liang Y Y Friedman T B TB Asher J H JH
Journal of medical genetics 19950501 5
Bengkala is an Indonesian village located on the north shore of Bali that has existed for over 700 years. Currently, 2.2% of the 2185 people in this village have profound congenital deafness. In response to the high incidence of deafness, the people of Bengkala have developed a village specific sign language which is used by many of the hearing and deaf people. Deafness in Bengkala is congenital, sensorineural, non-syndromal, and caused by a fully penetrant autosomal recessive mutation at the DF ...[more]