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Targeted CMV screening and hearing management of children with congenital cytomegalovirus infection
31 October 2018
| Karen B Fowler (Prof)
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ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is a common congenital infection and is the leading infectious cause of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in children. Prof Karen Fowler discusses current research and the exciting future of screening for cCMV in newborns. Figure 1....
Congenital cytomegalovirus causing deafness in children: an update
Congenital CMV is the leading non-genetic cause of sensorineural hearing loss in children. Keith Trimble draws our attention to this and gives a comprehensive guide on diagnosis and treatment. Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is common, affecting 1% of all newborns,...Early detection pathways for congenital cytomegalovirus for infants referred from the newborn hearing screen
This article discusses requirements for an early congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) detection pathway to ensure children do not miss out on the opportunity for timely diagnosis and treatment. The pathways described are currently in use in England and apply to well...Congenital CMV: investigations and management in the audiology setting
1 July 2017
| Simone Walter
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ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is the only cause of congenital sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) for which there is a medical treatment available to prevent further hearing loss. Dr Simone Walter discusses cCMV infection, cCMV-related hearing loss, and how to facilitate their...
Identifying congenital CMV: the screening debate
4 May 2021
| Robert Nash
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ENTA - Auditory Implants, Paediatric ENT
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Congenital cytomegalovirus, Hearing loss, Screening
Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is a significant global public health burden and is the biggest non-genetic cause of childhood hearing loss, as well as being an important cause of neurodevelopmental delay. Despite a study concluding that there was not enough evidence...
Current update on vestibular and balance disorders in children
6 January 2023
| Melissa Hazen, Karen A Gordon (Prof), Sharon L Cushing (Prof)
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ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Vestibular and balance disorders in children with hearing loss often go unrecognised. This article describes the significant impact such disorders have on the various aspects of children’s development. Vestibular and balance disorders occur in the paediatric population but can go...
Genetics and the newborn hearing screen: the future is now
Eliot Shearer shares the progress being made with newborn hearing screening 60 years on from where it started, and future directions for identifying hearing loss using physiologic, genetic and cCMV screening. Newborn screening had its birth in the early 1960s,...MBE for John FitzGerald
23 July 2024
Dr John FitzGerald, Consultant Clinical Scientist and Head of Audiology Services at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals (NNUH) NHS Foundation Trust has been made an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours in June.
Audiology in this issue...Genomics
1 July 2021
| Priya Carling
Priya Carling, AuD, Director and Consultant Audiologist, Kent Hearing Ltd, UK. E: priya@Kenthearing.com As a working clinical audiologist, my focus every day is predominantly diagnostics of hearing loss, closely followed by management of ear pathology and rehabilitation of hearing loss...
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and the vestibular system: a case study
1 November 2015
| Crystal M Manninen, Katheryn R Bachmann, Violette H Lavender
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ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
This team of audiologists from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Centre discuss an eight year old with congenital CMV, a neonatal infection which is usually asymptomatic, and provide guidance on how to recognise the signs in the paediatric population, and screen...
What you need to know about recent advances in genetics of hearing loss in the newborn
6 January 2023
| Lara Kamal, Karen B Avraham (Prof)
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ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Identifying the underlying genetic cause of hearing loss in newborns can improve dramatically the early diagnosis and appropriate intervention. Hearing loss is the most common sensory disorder at birth, affecting approximately two out of 1000 newborns [1]. Congenital impaired hearing...
Annual Activity of The British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians 2021
7 January 2022
The British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians (BAAP) is the national association of Auiovestibular Physicians in the UK. The Education Committee and the Audit Committee of BAAP organise a range of thought-provoking events annually. As we embraced a new way of...
