O'Dells & Hereditary Hearing Loss
I'm taking part in a research project to trace hereditary hearing loss in the O'Dell family.I've been able to trace my line to David Washington Odell (b. 1811). He was born either in NC or TN. His sons William Jasper Odell and Shadrach Henderson Odell lived in the Crawford Co., Illinois area. If you have hearing loss in your family and descend from this line, or if you descend from NC or TN Odell's, please contact me at: [email protected].
I'm profoundly hard of hearing and have volunteered to help this research that is being done at Michigan State and Harvard Universities. This some day could lead to a cure for genetic hearing loss.