Trait
Fear of loud sounds
Clinical name: Phonophobia
An abnormally heightened sensitivity to loud sounds.
Summary
- Body system
- Abnormality of the nervous system
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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Changes in these genes cause rare conditions in which Fear of loud sounds is seen. Most people with this trait have none of those conditions, and a gene on this list says nothing about anyone's own genome.
| Gene | How often it is seen | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| BAZ1Bbromodomain adjacent to zinc finger domain 1B | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| BUD23BUD23 rRNA methyltransferase and ribosome maturation factor | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| CLIP2CAP-Gly domain containing linker protein 2 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| DNAJC30DnaJ heat shock protein family (Hsp40) member C30 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| EIF4Heukaryotic translation initiation factor 4H | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| ELNelastin | Very often (80–99%) | In 2 conditions |
| FKBP6FKBP prolyl isomerase family member 6 (inactive) | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| GTF2Igeneral transcription factor IIi | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| GTF2IRD1GTF2I repeat domain containing 1 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| GTF2IRD2GTF2I repeat domain containing 2 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| LIMK1LIM domain kinase 1 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| METTL27methyltransferase like 27 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| NCF1neutrophil cytosolic factor 1 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| RFC2replication factor C subunit 2 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| SCN1Asodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 1 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| STX1Asyntaxin 1A | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| TBL2transducin beta like 2 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| TMEM270transmembrane protein 270 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| VPS37DVPS37D subunit of ESCRT-I | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| MLXIPLMLX interacting protein like | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| SLC1A3solute carrier family 1 member 3 | Often (30–79%) | In 2 conditions |
| CREBBPCREB binding lysine acetyltransferase | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| EDNRAendothelin receptor type A | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| EP300EP300 lysine acetyltransferase | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| ESR1estrogen receptor 1 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| TNFtumor necrosis factor | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
How often is among people with one of the gene's conditions, the most often across them, as the Human Phenotype Ontology records it. These pages describe traits and the research behind them; they are not a diagnosis, and a doctor or genetic counsellor is the person to ask about symptoms.
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Where this comes from
- The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the trait, its names, its definition and the genes linked to it. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
- Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.
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