Trait
Ringing in ears
Clinical name: Tinnitus
Tinnitus is an auditory perception that can be described as the experience of sound, in the ear or in the head, in the absence of external acoustic stimulation.
Summary
- Also called
- Ringing in the ears
- Body system
- Abnormality of the ear
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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Changes in these genes cause rare conditions in which Ringing in ears 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ANKHANKH inorganic pyrophosphate transport regulator | Always | In 1 condition |
| CTSAcathepsin A | Always | In 1 condition |
| THOC1THO complex subunit 1 | Always | In 1 condition |
| JAK2Janus kinase 2 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| AIFM1apoptosis inducing factor mitochondria associated 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| CACNA1Acalcium voltage-gated channel subunit alpha1 A | Often (30–79%) | In 3 conditions |
| CAV1caveolin 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| CCND1cyclin D1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| DIABLOdiablo IAP-binding mitochondrial protein | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| DKK1dickkopf Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| FASFas cell surface death receptor | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| GLAgalactosidase alpha | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| GRM1glutamate metabotropic receptor 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| HLA-DRB1major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| MYO3Amyosin IIIA | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| NAGAalpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| PTPN22protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 22 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| SDHAsuccinate dehydrogenase complex flavoprotein subunit A | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| SDHBsuccinate dehydrogenase complex iron sulfur subunit B | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| SDHCsuccinate dehydrogenase complex subunit C | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| SDHDsuccinate dehydrogenase complex subunit D | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| VHLvon Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| ATP1A2ATPase Na+/K+ transporting subunit alpha 2 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| ATP2B2ATPase plasma membrane Ca2+ transporting 2 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| CACNA1Dcalcium voltage-gated channel subunit alpha1 D | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| CLCN2chloride voltage-gated channel 2 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| COQ6coenzyme Q6, monooxygenase | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| CYP11B1cytochrome P450 family 11 subfamily B member 1 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| CYP11B2cytochrome P450 family 11 subfamily B member 2 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| KCNJ5potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 5 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| LZTR1leucine zipper like post translational regulator 1 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| MIR96microRNA 96 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| NF2NF2, moesin-ezrin-radixin like (MERLIN) tumor suppressor | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 4 conditions |
| PHEXphosphate regulating endopeptidase X-linked | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| PMP22peripheral myelin protein 22 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| PRRT2proline rich transmembrane protein 2 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| RRP12ribosomal RNA processing 12 homolog | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| SCN1Asodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 1 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| SMARCB1SWI/SNF related BAF chromatin remodeling complex subunit B1 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 2 conditions |
| AKT1AKT serine/threonine kinase 1 | Rarely (1–4%) | In 1 condition |
Show 19 more genes
| Gene | How often it is seen | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| BAP1BRCA1 associated deubiquitinase 1 | Rarely (1–4%) | In 1 condition |
| CLCNKBchloride voltage-gated channel Kb | Rarely (1–4%) | In 1 condition |
| PDGFBplatelet derived growth factor subunit B | Rarely (1–4%) | In 1 condition |
| PIK3CAphosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha | Rarely (1–4%) | In 1 condition |
| SLC12A3solute carrier family 12 member 3 | Rarely (1–4%) | In 1 condition |
| SMARCE1SWI/SNF related BAF chromatin remodeling complex subunit E1 | Rarely (1–4%) | In 1 condition |
| SMOsmoothened, frizzled class receptor | Rarely (1–4%) | In 1 condition |
| SUFUSUFU negative regulator of hedgehog signaling | Rarely (1–4%) | In 1 condition |
| TERTtelomerase reverse transcriptase | Rarely (1–4%) | In 1 condition |
| TRAF7TNF receptor associated factor 7 | Rarely (1–4%) | In 1 condition |
| COCHcochlin | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| DSPPdentin sialophosphoprotein | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| KCNQ4potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily Q member 4 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| MFN2mitofusin 2 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| OSBPL2oxysterol binding protein like 2 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| P2RX2purinergic receptor P2X 2 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| SLC39A14solute carrier family 39 member 14 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| SLC44A4solute carrier family 44 member 4 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| TMC1transmembrane channel like 1 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
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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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