ArticleJournal of genetic counseling2006
Attitudes to genetic testing for deafness: the importance of informed choice.
Article in Journal of genetic counseling, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Future directions for screening and treatment in congenital hearing loss.Precision clinical medicine · 2020Article
- "My Plate is Full": Reasons for Declining a Genetic Evaluation of Hearing Loss.Journal of genetic counseling · 2018Article
- Imagined futures: how experiential knowledge of disability affects parents' decision making about fetal abnormality.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2012Article
- Access to genetic testing and genetic counseling in vulnerable populations: the d/Deaf and hard of hearing population.Journal of community genetics · 2011Article
- Examining the relationship between genetic counselors' attitudes toward deaf people and the genetic counseling session.Journal of genetic counseling · 2010Article
- Deaf adults' reasons for genetic testing depend on cultural affiliation: results from a prospective, longitudinal genetic counseling and testing study.Journal of deaf studies and deaf education · 2010Article
- A prospective, longitudinal study of the impact of GJB2/GJB6 genetic testing on the beliefs and attitudes of parents of deaf and hard-of-hearing infants.American journal of medical genetics. Part A · 2009Article
- Consumer motivations for pursuing genetic testing and their preferences for the provision of genetic services for hearing loss.Journal of genetic counseling · 2008Article
- Providing a transcultural genetic counseling service in the UK.Journal of genetic counseling · 2007Article
- Ethical and social implications of genetic testing for communication disorders.Journal of communication disordersReview
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Abstract
With recent progress in the identification of genes for deafness, it is highly likely that genetic testing, including pre-natal testing, for deafness will become more widely available. In a context where there are concerns about pre-natal testing, and where many in the Deaf community contest the understanding of deafness as a disability, it is important to examine the attitudes of Deaf/deaf people toward genetic testing. This qualitative study employed in-depth interviews to investigate the views about genetic testing for deafness of 19 participants, who were identified as functionally deaf or hearing impaired, or as belonging to the Deaf community. The key findings are that participants were generally supportive of genetic testing for deafness but only when full information about all relevant aspects of deafness is given to prospective users of genetics services. Participants emphasized informed choice, stating that information about medical and technological options for deaf people should be provided, together with information about communication, education, and the experience of being deaf. Although there was less support for pre-natal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy for deafness, most participants nonetheless felt that individual choice was important and that pre-natal diagnosis should be made available to those who wanted to use it.
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