Why Is My White Pitbull Deaf?

Iv'e heard it is hereditary in white pit bulls and some other white dogs.  I know that white cats are more prone to being deaf also

Maybe when he/she was still a puppy in her mothers womb some amniotic fluid may have gone into her ears and disrupted some development that was happening

I also have a deaf white am staff.She only deaf in one ear.Call your vet they will tell you,for no charge.But it has something to do with while in womb.

Many of the different genes that are responsible for white or mostly-white coloration in dogs are linked to a gene that causes the microscopic hair cells inside the cochlea, the part of the inner ear that looks sort of like a snail shell, not to develop.  Those tiny hair cells are what transmit sound waves from the ear drum into electrical nerve impulses that can be perceived by the brain.  If the brain cannot perceive those impulses, hearing cannot take place.  If there are not enough of those hair cells, or they are deformed, they cannot transmit enough nerve impulses to the brain so the brain cannot process the sound.