temperature-sensitive auditory neuropathy allele Running Title : A potential OTOF temperature-sensitive allele

Running Title: A potential OTOF temperature-sensitive allele Renee Varga, Matthew R. Avenarius Philip M. Kelley, Bronya J. Keats, Charles I. Berlin, Linda J. Hood , Thierry G. Morlet, Shanda M. Brashears, Arnold Starr, Edward S. Cohn, Richard J. H. Smith, and William J. Kimberling 1) Center for Hereditary Communication Disorders, Boys Town National Research Hospital (BTNRH), Omaha, NE, USA; 2) Current affiliation: National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA; 3) Molecular Otolaryngology Research Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA; 4) Department of Genetics, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA; 5) Department of Otorhinolaryngology, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA; 6) Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA; 7) Current affiliation: Hearing and Speech Sciences Department, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; 8) Current affiliation: Auditory Physiology and Psychoacoustics Laboratory, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA; 9) Current affiliation: Audiology Clinic, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA. Corresponding Author: Philip M. Kelley, Ph.D., BTNRH Genetics Dept. 555 N. 30 St. Omaha, NE 68131. Phone: 402 498 6385 Fax: 402 498 6331 E-mail: Kelley@boystown.org