| HL | hearings loss |
| MIM | Mendelian Inheritance in Man number |
| DFNA | DeaFNess autosomal dominant |
| DFNB | DeaFNess autosomal recessive |
| vHIT | video Head Impulse Tests |
| ARTA | Age-Related Typical Audiograms |
| VEMP | Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential |
| ANOVA | analysis of variance |