title: Attitudes of the broader hearing, deaf, and hard-of-hearing community toward genetic testing for deafness.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess attitudes in a nonmedically and nonculturally influenced setting of reproductive-age adults toward genetic testing for deafness in newborns.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hearing, deaf, and hard-of-hearing individuals at a university completed questionnaires assessing attitudes toward genetic testing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eighty-five percent of hearing (n = 133) and 62% of deaf/hard-of-hearing (n = 89) individuals would allow genetic testing for deafness in their own newborn.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results indicate an acceptance of newborn genetic testing for deafness by individuals in the broader community, regardless of hearing status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, USA.
authors.forename: Ariadna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Linden
authors.forename: Lisa A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Schimmenti
authors.forename: Christina G S
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003638:Deafness / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006801:Humans; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D019986:Persons with Hearing Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*