Table 1.
Main causes of hearing loss
| Causes of hearing loss | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Environmental |
Prenatal |
Maternal infection (rubella, cytomegalovirus) |
| Drug use during pregnancy | ||
| |
Irradiation during gestation |
|
|
Perinatal |
Severe jaundice |
|
| Birth injury | ||
| |
Anoxia |
|
|
Postnatal |
Otitis |
|
| Meningitis | ||
| Measles | ||
| Mumps | ||
| |
|
Trauma |
|
Genetic |
Syndromic |
Autosomal dominant |
| Autosomal recessive | ||
| X-Linked | ||
| |
Mitochondrial inheritance |
|
|
Non-syndromic |
Autosomal dominant |
|
| Autosomal recessive | ||
| X-Linked | ||
| Y-Linked | ||
| Mitochondrial inheritance | ||
Source: adapted from [5].