Pediatric Audiologist Project TALK, Inc. Encinitas, California
Disclosure(s): Financial: Akouos: Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); Nonfinancial: No nonfinancial relationships to disclose
Abstract: Despite more than 60% of congenital sensorineural hearing loss being due to an underlying genetic cause, and multiple medical societies recommending a comprehensive gene panel as part of the diagnostic workup, only a minority of eligible patients obtain genetic testing. Audiologists are in a privileged position to be frontline healthcare providers in the diagnosis and management of individuals with genetic forms of hearing loss. The audiologist’s role related to genetic testing and counseling and how the Resonate® sponsored genetic testing and counseling program can be utilized to help facilitate an earlier and more accurate diagnosis will be discussed.
In accordance with the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America code on Interactions with Healthcare Professionals (PhRMA Code), CEU can not be provided for this session.
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Learning Objectives:
Describe the evidence for how a genetic diagnosis in sensorineural hearing loss can inform care and family decision making
Understand the role of audiologists in counseling families on genetic hearing loss and ordering comprehensive hearing-loss genetic testing
Utilize sponsored genetic testing and counseling programs and other educational resources to remove some of the key barriers to genetic testing
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