What causes hearing loss in newborns?
Leah’s mom2 asked:
is there something during pregnancy that could have cause hearing loss in the newborn…or what else could’ve cause hearing loss in a newborn?
what if none of the parents family have this problem what coul’ve been the cause?
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is there something during pregnancy that could have cause hearing loss in the newborn…or what else could’ve cause hearing loss in a newborn?
what if none of the parents family have this problem what coul’ve been the cause?
January 26th, 2009 at 10:21 am
I’ve read that working around extremely loud noises for prolonged periods of time while pregnant can cause hearing loss in the fetus. It doesn’t allow the inner ear bones to develop properly due to the vibrations. Other than that, I’m not sure.
January 28th, 2009 at 5:16 am
typically genetics is the main cause of hearing loss in newborns. If either parent has that occur in their family it increases the chance. If both parents have that in their gene’s the chance is very good the baby will have problems. Rarely an infant can have damage to their middle and inner ear after being born if an ear infection goes untreated.
January 28th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
When a woman is pregnant, and keeps farting, that causes hearing loss to the infant. Could you imagine what a fart sounds like from the inside?!
Kidding, i’m not really sure what causes hearing loss in newborns, other then genetics, or poorly formed ear drums.
January 30th, 2009 at 9:35 am
In former times - prior to 1965 - German measles acquired in early pregnancy was a major cause of congenital deafness. Today, rubella is uncommon because of the vaccine.
Roughly about 20% of cases are associated with genetic syndromes such as Alport syndrome, Usher syndrome and several others. Most of the remainder are called non-syndromic, where deafness is the only finding. They may be dominant, where there is a known family history, or recessive where the family history is often unrealized. A small percentage of deafness is caused by abnormal development of the inner ear structures.
February 1st, 2009 at 11:21 am
I know a mom that was given the MMR as an adult and now suffers from hearing loss. From my understanding this vaccine contains live viruses and those can be shed up to six weeks post injection. There is also a correlation to Congenital Rubella Syndrome related birth defects.
SO if you were vaccinated with the MMR or your child has been or someone that has contact with them that was recently vaxxed….
According to the Center for Disease Control stats on the cases of congenital rubella syndrome, released Oct. 25, 1996, total cases reported of CRS increased after the introduction of the vaccine. The vaccine was introduced in 1969. In the 3 years prior to the introduction of the vaccine, there were less than 15 cases per year reported IN THE AGE GROUP UNDER 15. The year the vaccine was introduced there was 31, the following two years had more than 60 cases reported and each year after that there was no less than 30 cases reported (except 1977 had just over 20) AND 85% OF THOSE CASES WERE IN THE OVER 15 AGE GROUP.
In 1996 a study showed that 78% of doctors and 91% of OB/GYNs refused to take a rubella shot - this info was printed in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
These are all the same people that are trying to force ineffective vaccines on us and our children all to make a buck. Many of these ilnesses when caught under the age of 15 were not life threatening and would provide lifetime immunity thus protecting the older generations- unlike the vaccines where you are told to get booster after booster after booster after booster b/c the first injection of poison isn’t 100% effective.
February 2nd, 2009 at 5:45 pm
simply being premature is a risk factor for newborns to have hearing loss. Also high or low (not sure which is more abnormal) billirubin counts (when baby has jaundice - yellow skin) is a risk factor for hearing loss. Genetics is a common factor as well. Even though the parents may not show hearing loss, hearing loss is commonly inherited through recessive genes. So both parents may each have 1 impaired gene for hearing loss, and pass it on to child. If child has 2 impaired genes they exhibit the trait (hearing loss), both parents only have 1 impaired gene so they don’t show hearing loss, but they are carriers of the trait.