How to care for children with hearing impairment

Patient's question:

Half a year ago

Doctor's answer:

1. Hereditary deafness, sensorineural deafness with or without other malformations, inner ear dysplasia, can be either dominant or recessive inheritance.
2. Non-hereditary deafness: prenatal rubella infection, cytomegalovirus infection, toxoplasmosis, ototoxic drugs; perinatal asphyxia, respiratory distress, apnea, and birth injuries, etc.
3. Acquired conductive hearing loss includes eustachian tube obstruction, various types of otitis media, and sequelae, etc.
4. Sudden or fluctuating deafness: sudden deafness, viral infections, cranial bone trauma, noise, drug poisoning, Meniere's disease, etc.