Can deaf-mute people check whether they carry genetic genes through genetic testing?

Deaf-mute people can check whether they carry genetic genes through genetic testing.

When a newborn is born, parents can know that the child carries this gene through genetic testing. Deafness can be avoided as long as aminoglycosides are avoided in life.

The main measure of newborn hearing birth defects is hearing screening. However, traditional hearing screening can not find children with delayed deafness. Screening the newborn for deafness gene can realize early detection, early intervention and early treatment, and avoid the occurrence of deafness.

Extended data:

For various reasons, we should actively take the following preventive measures to reduce the incidence of deafness and improve the quality of life.

1, protect the health of pregnant women and prevent various infectious and hereditary diseases.

2, careful use of drugs during pregnancy, it is strictly forbidden to marry close relatives.

3. Strengthen perinatal health care, adopt B-ultrasound for high-risk fetuses, and take amniotic fluid and umbilical cord blood for comprehensive detection and early diagnosis. Improve obstetric quality and avoid perinatal injury.

4. Vaccinate children according to the planned immunization program to avoid infectious diseases and use ototoxic drugs with caution.

5, regular hearing screening, early detection of hearing loss. The hearing range of normal children is 0~20dB loudness; Mild hearing impairment was 21~ 35db; Moderate hearing loss is 36 ~ 55 decibels; Severe hearing loss is 56 ~ 70 decibels; Severe hearing impairment 71~ 90dB; If it is above 9 1dB, it is a very serious obstacle.

6. If hearing loss is found, correct it in time and take comprehensive measures to improve children's hearing, so as to promote their language development. If you still have residual hearing, you can carry out language training, cultivate the habit of using listening and further learn the language.

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