Child developmental specialists work with children who have developmental disabilities as well as their families and teachers. Developmental specialists do not diagnose these disorders but they do help children overcome any developmental obstacles they face as they grow and begin their education.
Welcome to icliniq.com. 1  There is always a small risk of having a child with deafness, even if there is no family history of deafness (1 in 1000). 2  So, precise risk can only be stated after knowing the cause of deafness and muteness and also after appropriate gene studies. Ideally, person in question should be tested for the connexin 26 and connexin 30 gene mutation. Since girl is not deaf and mute, there is very less chance that she is a carrier of gene.
Hereditary deafness is hearing loss that is inherited or passed down from parents to their children. This type of hearing loss may be inherited from one or both parents who may or may not have a loss of hearing themselves. Hereditary material or genes are located on chromosomes which are found in each cell of the body.efective genes can also pass along traits such as hearing loss or speech and language disorders. The hereditary hearing loss that results from defective genes may be syndromic or nonsyndromic, dominant or recessive. Syndromic hearing loss is associated with specific traits additional to hearing impairment.