Abnormal facial appearance and delayed diagnosis of congenital hearing loss.
Congenital hearing loss occurs in association with cranio-facial anomalies. Lay people and health professionals as well frequently regard individuals with cranio-facial anomalies as "stupid" or of lower than normal intelligence because of their odd appearance. Two case reports illustrate that this erroneous assumption will result in the delayed detection of significant hearing loss.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003394:Craniofacial Dysostosis / Q000150:complications*; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D006972:Hypertelorism / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male