genetic cause • 124 known non-syndromic hearing loss genes, ~400 syndromic forms of hearing loss • srWES explains ~40% of pediatric hearing loss cases • PacBio HiFi reads (99.9% accuracy, 15-20 kb) enable comprehensive variant detection in human genomes Approach • 10 probands with unexplained hearing; negative after srWES and srWGS • Prepare 12-15 kb WGS libraries and sequence to ~24- to 32-fold depth on Sequel II system • Call, filter, and annotate variants with a variety of computational tools according to PacBio best practices
by short-read sequencing (P16.011.D) William J Rowell*1, Shelby Redfield2, Cillian Nolan1, J Matthew Holt1, Xiao Chen1, Cairbre Fanslow1, Eirini Maria Lampraki1, Christine Lambert1, Chris Saunders1, Margaret A Kenna2,3, Eliot Shearer2,3, Michael A Eberle1 1. Pacific Biosciences, Menlo Park, United States 2. Boston Children's Hospital, Otolaryngology & Communication Enhancement, Boston, United States 3. Harvard Medical School, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Boston, United States COI: Employees and shareholders of PacBio.