CDC Features - What's Your Baby's Hearing Screening Result?

CDC Features - What's Your Baby's Hearing Screening Result?



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Deafness: Early Hearing Detection & Genetics

CDC information: Hearing loss can affect a child’s ability to develop communication, language, and social skills 

CDC information: Basics on hearing loss- About 1 out of 2 cases of hearing loss in babies is due to genetic causes 

CDC information: Every state has an Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program that works to identify infants and children with hearing loss and promotes timely follow-up testing and services

Recent Finding: Genetic investigations in childhood deafness. A review. 
Parker M, Bitner-Glindzicz M. Arch Dis Child. 2014 Oct 16.  

Find out what genetic conditions and tests are associated with deafness, from the NIH Genetic Testing Registry