Deafness
How is it treated
Interventions include introducing a communication medium of parental choice, hearing aid fitting and cochlear implants when hearing aids do not help. Those children with absent ear canals or significant middle ear abnormalities may be helped with specialised devices such as bone conduction or bone anchored hearing aids.
Once confirmed it is also important to find the reason for the hearing loss for the following reasons:
- For prevention of progression of hearing loss by treating the cause e.g. CMV infections
- Hearing loss may be only a part of a general condition or may be the first symptom of such a condition. Identifying this will help to manage other associated medical problems and also may help to prevent complications.
- Knowing the cause of the hearing loss and hence the natural history will help to better plan the needs of the child.
- Knowing the diagnosis, both audiological and medical, will lead to better counseling for the parents especially if they are planning to have more children. Also, the child may eventually want to know the diagnosis and chances of passing it on to his/her children.
How is it diagnosed?
| Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis 
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