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Newborn hearing concurrent gene screening can improve care for hearing loss: a study on 14,913 Chinese newborns.
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology - 1 Apr 2011
Wang Qiu-Ju, Zhao Ya-Li, Rao Shao-Qi, Guo Yu-Fen, He Yao, Lan Lan, Yang Wei-Yan, Zheng Qing-Yin, Ruben Robert J, Han Dong-Yi, Shen Yan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Newborn hearing screening has been widely adopted and made an achievement to some degree. Current screening protocols rely solely on detecting existing auditory disorders at the time of screening and are unable to identify individuals susceptible to auditory disorders in later life. Even if the hearing loss newborn is referred, most cases could not be diagnosed until 6-12 months old with no etiology...
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