Position Statement of the Joint Committee on Children’s Hearing on Hearing Loss Associated with Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection
Gaziz Sh. Tufatulin,
Sofya M. Vikhnina,
Aleksandr V. Pashkov,
Ekaterina S. Garbaruk,
Vigen V. Bakhshinyan,
Vladimir V. Dvoryanchikov,
George A. Tavartkiladze,
Leyla S. Namazova-Baranova,
Nikolay N. Volodin https://doi.org/10.15690/pf.v22i3.2903
Abstract
Congenital cytomegalovirus infection (cCMV) can cause a wide range of diseases in newborns, it is most often associated with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). cCMV is the leading cause of non-hereditary SNHL (up to 25% of all SNHL cases in). SNHL can be congenital and can have late-onset (up to 50% of cases) up to school age, it determines the risk of its late diagnosis. Children with cCMV should be referred for diagnostic examination even after successfully passed newborn hearing screening. The child remains under the dynamic audiologist’s follow-up, if the diagnostic examination results are normal. Management of children with confirmed hearing loss includes early auditory prosthesis; in cases of severe hearing loss and ineffective auditory prosthesis — cochlear implantation, speech-language therapy, parents training and informing.
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About the Authors
Gaziz Sh. Tufatulin
Saint Petersburg Scientific Research Institute of Ear, Throat, Nose and Speech; Сenter of Pediatric Audiology; North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov; Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
MD, PhD.
26, Esenina str., building 4, St Petersburg, 194356
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Sofya M. Vikhnina
Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
MD, PhD.
St Petersburg
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Aleksandr V. Pashkov
Research Institute of Pediatrics and Children’s Health in Petrovsky National Research Centre of Surgery; Central State Medical Academy
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
MD, PhD.
Moscow
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Ekaterina S. Garbaruk
Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University; Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
PhD.
St Petersburg
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Vigen V. Bakhshinyan
Saint Petersburg Scientific Research Institute of Ear, Throat, Nose and Speech; Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
MD, PhD.
St Petersburg, Moscow
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Vladimir V. Dvoryanchikov
Not declared
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
MD, PhD, Professor.
St Petersburg
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Saint Petersburg Scientific Research Institute of Ear, Throat, Nose and Speech
George A. Tavartkiladze
Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
MD, PhD, Professor.
Moscow
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Leyla S. Namazova-Baranova
Research Institute of Pediatrics and Children’s Health in Petrovsky National Research Centre of Surgery
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
MD, PhD, Professor, Academician of the RAS.
Moscow
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Nikolay N. Volodin
Dmitry Rogachev National Medical Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
MD, PhD, Professor, Academician of the RAS.
Moscow
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