Maternal, Perinatal, and Postnatal Predisposing Factors of Hearing Loss in Full-Term Children: A Matched Case-Control Study

Many risk factors for childhood HL identified in our study are preventable, such as congenital infection, meningitis, ototoxic drug use, and some maternal comorbidities. Accordingly, more effort is required to prevent and control the severity of maternal comorbidities during pregnancy, initiate genetic diagnostic evaluation for high-risk children, and aggressive screening for neonatal infections.