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Causes of Permanent Childhood Hearing Impairment by Anna M.H. Korver; Ronald J.C. Admiraal; Sarina G. Kant; Friedo W. Dekker; Capi C. Wever; Henricus P.M. Kunst; Johan H.M. Frijns; Anne Marie Oudesluys ‐Murphy; on behalf of the DECIBEL‐collaborative study group is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract ## Introduction: The causes of Permanent Childhood Hearing Impairment (PCHI) are often quoted as being hereditary in 50%, acquired in 25%, and unknown in 25% of cases. Interest in the causes of PCHI has grown recently due to increasing diagnostic possibilities. We investigated the evidence for the reported distribution of these causes. ## Methods: Population‐based study and a systematic review. Inclusion criteria for population‐based study: children born between 2003 and 2005, resident in The Netherlands at birth, known at an Audiology Center with PCHI at the age of 3–5 years. The causes of PCHI were determined prospectively by detection of congenital cytomegalovirus on dried blood spots and/or genetic diagnostic investigations in addition to reviewing data from medical records. A systematic review was carried out using three terms (hearing loss, infant, and etiology) and limited to articles published between January 1997 and July 2009. Main outcome measures were: the (weighted) proportions of the various causes of PCHI following diagnostic investigations. ## Results: In the study‐population (n = 185) a hereditary cause was found in 38.9%, acquired cause in 29.7%, misce
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- Author
- Anna M.H. Korver; Ronald J.C. Admiraal; Sarina G. Kant; Friedo W. Dekker; Capi C. Wever; Henricus P.M. Kunst; Johan H.M. Frijns; Anne Marie Oudesluys ‐Murphy; on behalf of the DECIBEL‐collaborative study group
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley (ISSN 0023-852X)
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)