Table 1 Main 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