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Practice Guideline
. 2025 Feb;172(2):728-733.
doi: 10.1002/ohn.1079. Epub 2024 Dec 12.

American Cochlear Implant Alliance Position Statement on Newborn Congenital Cytomegalovirus Screening

Megan Honor Pesch  1   2 , Kevin David Brown  3   4 , Amy L Birath  4   5 , Gail J Demmler-Harrison  2   6   7 , Cailtin Sapp  4   8 , Anne Morgan Selleck  3   4 , Alex D Sweeney  9   10
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American Cochlear Implant Alliance Position Statement on Newborn Congenital Cytomegalovirus Screening

Megan Honor Pesch et al. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2025 Feb.

Abstract

It is estimated that 1 in every 200 US newborns has congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV). Delayed identification of cCMV in newborns precludes timely intervention to mitigate sequelae of the infection such as hearing loss and other neurological complications. Newborn testing for cCMV enables appropriate diagnosis and intervention by multidisciplinary teams to properly manage the immediate sequelae of cCMV, avoid unnecessary additional testing that can result from delayed diagnosis, and monitor for future complications. It is the position of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance, the National CMV Foundation, and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery that universal newborn cCMV screening is necessary to best accomplish these goals.

Keywords: congenital cytomegalovirus; hearing loss; newborn screening.

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Conflict of interest statement

Megan Honor Pesch serves on the board of directors of the National CMV Foundation, is a consultant for MedScape/Web MD, Diasorin, and Moderna. Alex D. Sweeney has had recent consultancy agreements with Cochlear Americas, MED‐EL GmbH, Advanced Bionics, and Oticon Medical.

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