Genetic screening of a Chinese cohort of children with hearing loss using a next-generation sequencing panel.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe presented study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by The Ethics Committee of Kunming Children’s Hospital (Kunming, China, Grant No. 2020-01-009-H01). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Fund of China (Grant No. 82060192), Reserve Talents for Young and Middle‐aged Academic and Technical Leaders in Yunnan Province (Grant No. 2019HB102), Academician (Expert) Workstation in Yunnan Province (Grant No. 202105AF150056), Yunnan Applied Basic Research-Joint Special Project of Kunming Medical University (Grant No. 202001AY070001-170)."