Reply: Both mitochondrial DNA and mitonuclear gene mutations cause hearing loss through cochlear dysfunction

Affiliations

• ¹ 1 Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padova, Italy 2 Audiology and Phoniatrics Service, Treviso Regional Hospital, Piazza Ospedale 1, 31100 Treviso, Italy rosamaria.santarelli@unipd.it.
• ² 1 Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padova, Italy 2 Audiology and Phoniatrics Service, Treviso Regional Hospital, Piazza Ospedale 1, 31100 Treviso, Italy.
• ³ 3 Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Via Ugo Foscolo 7, 40123 Bologna, Italy 4 IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, Bellaria Hospital, Via Altura 3, 40139 Bologna, Italy.
• ⁴ 4 IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, Bellaria Hospital, Via Altura 3, 40139 Bologna, Italy.