Pregnancy infections linked to congenital hearing impairment
Daily Monitor Monday May 10 2021 Summary Antenatal care benefits both the mother and the baby. It assists in screening, diagnosing and managing or controlling risk factors such as infections that might adversely affect the pregnant woman and the pregnancy outcome. Advertisement According to the World Health Organisation, more than five per cent of the world’s population (430 million people) live with disabling hearing loss. Any person who is not able to hear as well as someone with normal hearing (hearing thresholds of 20 decibels (dB) or better in both ears) is said to have hearing loss....
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