Genetic counseling in profound deafness

Clarós, P.; Antich, J.; Clarós, A.; Clarós Doménech, A.

Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola 47(3): 169-174

1996


ISSN/ISBN: 0001-6519
PMID: 8924278
Document Number: 456704
One of the responsibilities of cochlear implant centers is to counsel deaf patients regarding the potential for transmitting deafness of their children. Diagnostic studies should be made to determine if deafness is an isolated event or part of a syndrome. We report the criteria used in our center for genetic counseling of the deaf.

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