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Overview

Test order codeHelp: 6000

Test name

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Custom Panel (Audiology/Hearing Loss)

Purpose of the test

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This is a clinical test intended for Help: Diagnosis, Pre-symptomatic, Risk Assessment, Screening

Condition

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How to order

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Please visit Lab website for details. Additional specimen types may be acceptable based on method. Please contact us about prenatal cases.
Order URL Help: https://www.preventiongenetics.com/forms.php

Specimen source

Cell culture
Fetal blood
Fibroblasts
Fresh tissue
Isolated DNA
Peripheral (whole) blood
White blood cell prep

Methodology

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Molecular Genetics
DDeletion/duplication analysis
Next-Generation (NGS)/Massively parallel sequencing (MPS)
  • Other
CSequence analysis of the entire coding region
Next-Generation (NGS)/Massively parallel sequencing (MPS)
  • Other

Summary of what is tested

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Clinical utility

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Not provided

Clinical validity

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Not provided

Test services

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  • Clinical Testing/Confirmation of Mutations Identified Previously, Order code: 6000
  • Custom Deletion/Duplication Testing, Order code: 6000

Clinical resources

Practice guidelines

  • NICE, 2019
    Cochlear implants for children and adults with severe to profound deafness (2019 Update)
  • ACMG ACT Sheet, 2018
    Newborn Screening ACT Sheet (Congenital Hearing Loss >30db)
  • ACMG ACT Sheet, 2010
    American College of Medical Genetics ACT SHEET, Congenital Hearing Loss, 2010
  • ACMG Algorithm, 2009
    American College of Medical Genetics Algorithm, Hearing Loss, 2009
  • NICE, 2009
    National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Cochlear implants for children and adults with severe to profound deafness, 2009 [See 2019 Update, TA566]
  • ACMG Algorithm, 2009
    American College of Medical Genetics ACT SHEET, Newborn Screening ACT Sheet Algorithm, Congenital Hearing Loss, 2009

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