Congenital hearing loss is a hearing impairment that’s present from birth. It can be unilateral, meaning it affects one ear, or bilateral, meaning there is hearing loss in both ears.
If your child is born with hearing loss, it may be described as mild, moderate, severe, or profound, depending on how much or little they are able to hear.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between one and two babies in every 1,000 born in 2019 had hearing loss.
