The Importance of Newborn Genetic Screening for Early Identification of <i>GJB2</i> and <i>SLC26A4</i> Related Hearing Loss
Genetic and hearing screening modalities in Ontario's expanded newborn hearing screening program improve early identification of children with hearing loss including those at risk of being missed by hearing screening alone. This was most clear for children with GJB2-hearing loss.
Authors
- Blake C. Papsin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1704-3026)
- Roberto Mendoza‐Londono (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3542-8106)
- Sharon L. Cushing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9226-4510)
- Dimitrios J. Stavropoulos
- Nada Quercia
- Emily Wener (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5664-1653)
- Karen A. Gordon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2491-3125)
Institutions
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- SickKids Foundation (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Otolaryngology
- Published
- 2025-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ohn.1188
- Primary Topic
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00