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Changes in the significance of maternal rubella as a factor in childhood deafness — 1954 to 1982
Author(s) -
Upfold Laurence J.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1984.tb108288.x
Subject(s) - rubella , medicine , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , hearing loss , congenital rubella syndrome , audiology , measles , immunology , vaccination , physics , optics
The previously reported reduction in rubella‐related congenital deafness in Australian children born since 1977 has been confirmed by a survey of hearing‐aid fittings for rubella‐related deafness among those born from 1954 to 1982. Analyses of these figures also showed that in more than 50% of individuals born during the period 1954 to 1975, rubella deafness had not been recognized as such, and that mild‐to‐moderate deafness was a more frequent outcome of maternal rubella than was severe or profound deafness. A prediction has been made of the expected total incidence of hearing‐aid fittings to children when rubella accounts for a far smaller percentage of the cases of deafness than in previous years.