Childhood deafness Flashcards

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Genetic causes of conductive hearing loss

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Congenital abnormalities
Treacher-Collins
Pierre Robin

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Genetic causes of sensorineural hearing loss - 1 X-linked disease

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Turner’s syndrome

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What does TORCH infection stand for?

Why are they all important?

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Toxoplasmosis
Rubella cytomegalovirus
Herpes simplex
HIV

They can cause intrauterine hearing loss

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Perinatal causes of hearing loss

Infectious causes of hearing loss

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Prematurity
Hypoxia

Meningitis
Encephalitis
Measles
Mumps

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