Prenatal diagnosis for inherited deafness--what is the potential demand? Export

@article{citeulike:4830372, abstract = {Genetic testing for inherited deafness is now available within some genetics centres. This study used a structured questionnaire to assess the potential uptake of prenatal diagnosis (PND) for inherited deafness, and document the opinions of deaf and hearing individuals toward PND and termination of pregnancy (TOP) for hearing status. Participants were self-selected from the whole of the UK, of whom 644 were deaf, 143 were hard of hearing or deafened, and 527 were hearing individuals who had either a deaf parent or child. The results showed that 21\% of deaf, 39\% of hard of hearing and deafened, and 49\% of hearing participants said they would consider PND for deafness. Six percent of deaf, 11\% of hard of hearing and deafened, and 16\% of hearing participants said they would consider a TOP if the fetus was found to be deaf. Two percent of deaf participants said they would prefer to have deaf children and would consider a TOP if the fetus was found to be hearing.}, author = {Middleton, A. and Hewison, J. and Mueller, R.}, citeulike-article-id = {4830372}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11767801}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11767801}, issn = {1059-7700}, journal = {Journal of genetic counseling}, keywords = {deaf, deafness, genetics, prenatal, testing}, month = {April}, number = {2}, pages = {121--131}, posted-at = {2009-06-12 21:44:40}, priority = {0}, title = {Prenatal diagnosis for inherited deafness--what is the potential demand?}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11767801}, volume = {10}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4830372 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4830372 N2 - Genetic testing for inherited deafness is now available within some genetics centres. This study used a structured questionnaire to assess the potential uptake of prenatal diagnosis (PND) for inherited deafness, and document the opinions of deaf and hearing individuals toward PND and termination of pregnancy (TOP) for hearing status. Participants were self-selected from the whole of the UK, of whom 644 were deaf, 143 were hard of hearing or deafened, and 527 were hearing individuals who had either a deaf parent or child. The results showed that 21% of deaf, 39% of hard of hearing and deafened, and 49% of hearing participants said they would consider PND for deafness. Six percent of deaf, 11% of hard of hearing and deafened, and 16% of hearing participants said they would consider a TOP if the fetus was found to be deaf. Two percent of deaf participants said they would prefer to have deaf children and would consider a TOP if the fetus was found to be hearing. IS - 2 JF - Journal of genetic counseling SN - 1059-7700 EP - 131 TI - Prenatal diagnosis for inherited deafness--what is the potential demand? VL - 10 SP - 121 KW - deaf KW - deafness KW - genetics KW - prenatal KW - testing AU - Middleton, A AU - Hewison, J AU - Mueller, R PY - 2001/04// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11767801 ER -