Wild-type and Mutant sequences

Wild-type
5’-CCC CGT CAA Ggtaagtaa………cagaatctctcgtcttctcttgcagCC AAC AGG AAG GCC GGG TGT GCA GTC ACA TCT CTG CTA GCT TCG GAG CTG ACC AAG GAT GAT GCC ATG GCT GCT GTT CCT GCC AAG GTG TCC AAG AAC AGT GAG ACA TTC CCC ACA ATC CTT GAG GAA GCC AAG GAG TTG GTT GGC CGT GCA AGC TAA-3’
Mutant
5’-CCC CGT CAA GTT AAgtaa ………cagaatctctcgtcttctcttgcagC CAA CAG GAA GGC CGG GTG TGC AGT CAC ATC TCT GCT AGC TTC GGA GCT GAC CAA GGA TGA TGC CAT GGC TGC TGT TCC TGC CAA GGT GTC CAA GAA CAG TGA GAC ATT CCC CAC AAT CCT TGA GGA AGC CAA GGA GTT GGT TGG CCG TGC AAG CTA A-3’


The mutation leading to low frequency hearing loss in Family B is known. Based on the wild-type and mutant sequences listed on the problem set, the mutant protein is how many amino acids shorter than the wild-type protein?