Patient's question:
My daughter was born on April 23, 2014. Her hearing screening failed at birth. At 8 months, her ABR test results were 80 in the left ear and 70 in the right ear. At 12 months, her ABR test results were 60 in the left ear and 70 in the right ear. A CT scan showed no abnormalities. Both my husband and I are normal-hearing individuals. There are no cases of hearing impairment in my family. My mother has eight siblings, and none of them, their children, or their grandchildren have hearing loss. My maternal grandparents and paternal grandparents took medicine regularly and were paralyzed, but they did not experience hearing decline. My pure-tone hearing test result was 5 dB at 8 kHz. Both my mother and I are among the few who have excellent hearing in the normal population. My husband's grandparents have normal hearing, but his maternal grandmother and one aunt developed hearing loss in their later years. His grandparents, uncles, aunts, and their children and grandchildren are all normal-hearing. My daughter is the second child; her older brother is a boy with very sensitive hearing.Doctor's answer:
I don't know where in Nanjing can do it, Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital is very good in audiology. Currently, deafness gene testing only detects the four most common genes, not all. The child is considered to have bilateral moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss and needs to be fitted with hearing aids as soon as possible and undergo speech rehabilitation training. At the same time, hearing tests should be repeated every 3-6 months, and hearing aids should be adjusted according to hearing conditions.