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Using whole exome sequencing and linkage analysis, we identified a heterozygous variant, c.296G&gt;A, in IFNLR1 as a strong candidate deafness gene related to autosomal dominant hearing loss in one three-generation Chinese family. This study confirmed expression of the IFNLR1 in mice inner ear and pathogenicity by Morpholino knockdown in zebrafish and proposed that the IFNLR1 mutation may contribute to hearing loss through the Jak1\/ STAT3 signaling pathway. 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