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Causes of Hearing Loss

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• General

• Genetic hearing loss

• Conditions

• Ethics and genetic testing

• Genetic Services around Australia

 

General

Causes of Hearing Loss in Children

Medical Causes of Hearing Loss

The inheritance of deafness

Genetic hearing loss

Genetic hearing loss by Stephanie Cordes and Norman Friedman - extensive and technical

What is genetic counselling?

Genetics and Deafness - Glossary of Genetic Terms

Genetic Testing - Diagnostic Evaluation of Hearing Loss

Genetics and Deafness - Autosomal Dominant Inheritance

Genetics and Deafness - Autosomal Recessive Inheritance

Genetics and Deafness - Mitochondrial Inheritance and Hearing Loss

Genetics and Deafness - X-linked Dominant Inheritance

Genetics and Deafness - X-linked Recessive Inheritance

Genetics and Deafness - Genetic Evaluation and Counselling for Hearing Loss

Genetics and Deafness - Ten Syndromes Most Commonly Associated with Hearing Impairment

Connexins and Deafness

 
Conditions

Ears and Kidneys - What's the Connection?

Usher Syndrome (Australian site)

Usher Syndrome (US site)

Waardenburg Syndrome

Stickler Syndrome/Marshall Syndrome

Perilymph fistula

Sudden hearing loss

Ototoxicity

Gentamicin toxicity

Cholesteatoma

Meningitis

Mondini Syndrome

Cytomegalovirus - outline

Cytomegalovirus

Ethics and genetic testing

These sites are for your information only and provide different view points on the issue of genetic testing. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of Aussie Deaf Kids.

Attitude of Deaf Adults towards Genetic Testing for Hereditary Deafness
By Anna Middleton, J. Hewison, and R. F. Mueller
Department of Clinical Genetics, St. James's Hospital, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Ante Natal diagnosis:  Do New Technologies Raise the Spectre of Eugenics?
By John Gillott
(The Pro Choice Forum website is designed for those who have an interest in social, legal and ethical aspects of abortion)

Prenatal Diagnosis for "Minor" Genetic Abnormalities is Ethical
By Boyle, R.J. and  J. Savulescu (2003) The American Journal of Bioethics 3(1): InFocus

Prenatal Genetic Testing
By Karl John Shields, M.A.
The Center for Bioethics and Culture (CBC) is composed of Doctors, Nurses, Ethicists, Clergy, Educators, and other professionals coming together to educate and equip people of traditional Judeo-Christian faith in bioethics issues of the 21st Century, a century already christened "the Biotech Century."

Genetic Services around Australia

   
SYDNEY AND NEWCASTLE AREA
 
CAMPERDOWN
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Molecular and Clinical Genetics Unit
Missenden Road CAMPERDOWN NSW 2050
Tel: (02) 9515 5080 Fax: (02) 9515 7595
KOGARAH
Women's and Children's Health
St George Hospital KOGARAH NSW 2217
Tel: (02) 9350 3635 Fax: (02) 9350 3901
LIVERPOOL
Liverpool Health Services Clinical Genetics Unit
Locked Bag 7103 Liverpool BC 1871
Tel: (02) 9828 4665 Fax: (02) 9828 4650
NEWCASTLE
Newcastle Western Suburbs Hospital Regional Medical Genetics Unit
PO Box 84 WARATAH NSW 2298
Tel: (02) 4985 3100 Fax: (02) 4985 3105
PENRITH
Nepean Hospital Clinical Genetics Department
PENRITH NSW 2750
Tel: (02) 4734 3362 Fax: (02) 4734 2567
RANDWICK
The Sydney Children's Hospital Department of Medical Genetics
RANDWICK NSW 2031
Tel: (02) 9382 1704 Fax: (02) 9382 1711
ST LEONARDS
Royal North Shore Hospital
ST LEONARDS NSW 2065
Tel: (02) 9926 6478 Fax: (02) 9926 7880
WESTMEAD
The New Children's Hospital Clinical Genetics Unit
WESTMEAD NSW
Tel: (02) 9845 3273 Fax: (02) 9845 3204
   
AREAS OUTSIDE SYDNEY AND NEWCASTLE
BATHURST
158 William Street
BATHURST NSW 2795
Tel: (02) 6331 5533 Fax: (02) 6332 2039
BROKEN HILL
Community Health Centre
BROKEN HILL NSW 2880
Tel: (02) 8080 1554 Fax: (02) 8080 1611
COFFS HARBOUR
Community Health Centre
Cnr High & Boambee Sts COFFS HARBOUR NSW 2450
Tel: (02) 6656 7000 Fax: (02) 6656 7687
FORSTER
Forster Community Health Centre
Breeze Pde FORSTER NSW 2428
Tel: (02) 6555 6822 Fax: (02) 6554 8874
GOSFORD
Public Health Unit "Birralee"
PO Box 361 GOSFORD NSW 2250
Tel: (02) 4337 0207 Fax: (02) 4337 0217
GOULBURN
Child Development Unit
Locked Bag 15 GOULBURN NSW 2580
Tel: (02) 4827 3951 Fax: (02) 4827 3958
KEMPSEY
C/- Port Macquarie Community Health Centre
Tel: (02) 6588 2882 Fax: (02) 6588 2800
MUDGEE
Macquarie Area Health Service
PO BOx 29 MUDGEE NSW 2805
Tel: (02) 6378 6236 Fax: (02) 6372 7341
MUSWELLBROOK
Community Health Centre Brentwood Street
PO Box 120 MUSWELLBROOK NSW 2333
Tel: (02) 6542 2050 Fax: (02) 6542 2005
NORTH COAST
Lismore Base Hospital
PO Box 419 LISMORE NSW 2480
Tel: (02) 66250 111 Fax: (02) 66250 102
PORT MACQUARIE
Hastings Community Health Centre
Morton Street PORT MACQUARIE NSW 2444
Tel: (02) 6588 2882 Fax: (02) 6588 2800
TAMWORTH
Community Health Centre
180 Peel Street TAMWORTH NSW 2340
Tel: (02) 6766 2555 Fax: (02) 6766 3967
TAREE
Community Health Centre
22 York Street TAREE NSW 2480
Tel: (02) 6592 9703 Fax: (02) 6592 9607
WAGGA WAGGA
Wagga Base Hospital
PO Box 159 WAGGA WAGGA NSW 2650
Tel: (02) 6938 6666 Fax: (02) 6921 5632
WOLLONGONG
Institute of Maternal and Pediatric Services
Wollongong Hospital
PO Box 1798 WOLLONGONG NSW 2500
Tel: (02) 4222 5216 Fax: (02) 4222 5477
   
OTHER STATES AND TERRITORIES
 
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
The Canberra Hospital
PO Box 11 WODEN ACT 2606
Tel: (06) 6244 4042 Fax: (02) 6244 3422
NORTHERN TERRITORY
South Australian Clinical Genetics
Department of Medical Genetics
Women's and Children's Hospital NORTH ADELAIDE SA 5006
Tel: (08) 8161 7375 or (08) 8161 7010
Fax: (08) 8204 6088
QUEENSLAND
Royal Children's Hospital
Herston Road HERSTON QLD 4029
Tel: (07) 3636 1686 Fax: (07) 3636 1987
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
South Australian Clinical Genetics
Department of Medical Genetics
Women's and Children's Hospital NORTH ADELAIDE SA 5006
Tel: (08) 8161 7375 or (08) 8161 7010
Fax: (08) 8161 6088
TASMANIA
Genetics Services (Tas)
Royal Hobart Hospital HOBART TAS 7000
Tel: (03) 6222 8296 Fax: (03) 6222 7961
VICTORIA
Victorian Clinical Genetics Service
Royal Children's Hospital PARKVILLE VIC 3052
Tel: (03) 8341 6201 Fax: (03) 8341 6390
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Genetic Services of Western Australia
King Edward Memorial Hospital
374 Bagot Road SUBIACO WA 6008
Tel: (08) 9340 1525 Fax: (08) 9340 1678
 

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