GENETIC HEARING LOSS

Course overview

HEARING LOSS IS THE IMPAIRMENT OF AUDITORY FUNCTION, WHICH CAN HAVE SIGNIFICANT LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES ON SOCIAL AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT. IT CAN DEVELOP PRELINGUALLY (BEFORE THE ACQUISITION OF SPEECH/LANGUAGE) OR POST-LINGUALLY (AFTER THE ACQUISITION OF SPEECH/LANGUAGE). GENETIC HEARING LOSS CAN HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THEY PRESENT PRELINGUALLY OR POSTLINGUALLY AND CAN BE INHERITED VIA MANY MECHANISMS. TO AVOID THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF THIS CONDITION, IT MUST BE PROMPTLY DIAGNOSED AND TREATED. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF GENETIC HEARING LOSS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING AND TREATING PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.