Pure White Cats Deaf

Cats with the dominant white or white spots gene may suffer from genetic deafness.

Pure white cats deaf. 20-40 have normal hearing. The deafness is caused by degeneration of the auditory apparatus of the inner ear and may affect one ear unilateral or both ears bilateral. But not all white cats are deaf.

They are deaf even if they have a blue eye. Epistatic gene commonly referred to as Dominant White is the gene that produces white cats with blue orange or odd color eyes and this mutation is most closely related to deafness. 15-40 of these pure white cats have one or two blue-eyes.

Not all but some solid white cat breeds have a genetic mutation which causes deafness in both ears. Cornell University cites a study that found that 17 to 22 percent of white cats with non-blue eyes were born deaf. 15-40 of these pure white cats have one or two blue-eyes.

Deafness in white cats typically is a genetic condition resulting from the dominant white gene commonly referred to as the W gene. Of those white cats with one or two blue eyes 60-80 are deaf. Of those white cats with one or two blue eyes 60-80 are deaf.

No longer being afraid of the vacuum cleaner or other loud appliances. White spotting is not linked to being deaf. Not pure white and congenital deafness is extremely rare in non-white cats.

5 of the general cat population is white cats ie. 31 of white cats and blue eyes had normal hearing. Google presents me with contradictory answers to this question.