Hearing loss - infants Guide
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Definition
Alternative Names
Causes, Incidence, And Risk Factors
Symptoms
Signs And Tests
Treatment
Expectations (Prognosis)
Complications
Calling Your Health Care Provider
Prevention
References
Definition
Hearing loss is the total or partial inability to hear sound in one or both ears. This article focuses on hearing loss in infants.
Alternative Names
Deafness -- infants; Hearing impairment -- infants; Conductive hearing loss -- infants; Sensorineural hearing loss -- infants; Central hearing loss -- infants
Causes, Incidence, And Risk Factors
About 2 - 3 infants out of every 1,000 live births will have some degree of hearing loss at birth. Hearing loss can also develop in children who had normal hearing as infants. The loss can occur in one or both ears, and may be mild, moderate, severe, or profound. Profound hearing loss is what most people call deafness.
Some cases of hearing loss are progressive (they get worse over time). Other cases of
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