Cause of hearing loss in child

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Asked for Female, 4 Years

My 4 year old daughter has high frequency hearing loss, a speech delay and had a gross motor delay that she has overcome after physical therapy. My other 22 month old daughter also has hearing loss but we do not know the extent. I am wondering if it would be important to determine the cause. It has been suggested that it could have been due to a congenital disease such as congenital toxoplasmosis or congenital CMV. Are there tests to detect these? If so, would treatment prevent other problems?

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Dr. Ramdas Dahiphale Pediatrician 21 yrs exp Pune Consult Now · Accepted Answer

Dr. Ramdas Dahiphale

Pediatrician 21 yrs exp Pune

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No use of performing test at this stage to diagnose congenital infections. Mostly its a clinical diagnosis if all other finding are there. BERA tests only signify extent of hearing loss. Less likely congenital infection as a cause in two siblings that too after a gap of 2 years. Consult your pediatrician or pediatric neurologist for any other inherited disease or syndromic association. He will definitely advice you some more tests if needed after complete clinical examination.

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