What Are The Chances Of Haveing Two Deaf Children?

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I Have Three Children The First Two Have Full Hearing And My Youngest Has Got Sensorineural Severe Hearing Loss In Both Ears But Slipping To Profound In His Right Ear. Me And My Partner Have Full Hearing And She Is Due To Have Another baby What Is The Chance Of The Fourth Being Deaf? We Both Have 2 Deaf Cousins But They Are Distant Family Members All Born Profound Could Any HELP Please? Thank You
 
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I Have Three Children The First Two Have Full Hearing And My Youngest Has Got Sensorineural Severe Hearing Loss In Both Ears But Slipping To Profound In His Right Ear. Me And My Partner Have Full Hearing And She Is Due To Have Another baby What Is The Chance Of The Fourth Being Deaf? We Both Have 2 Deaf Cousins But They Are Distant Family Members All Born Profound Could Any HELP Please? Thank You
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Sounds like a possible deafness on genetic basis since there's family history. As for your 4th child, it could be 50/50......if you wanna do the Punnett Square to check that.
 
markinmillie said:
I Have Three Children The First Two Have Full Hearing And My Youngest Has Got Sensorineural Severe Hearing Loss In Both Ears But Slipping To Profound In His Right Ear. Me And My Partner Have Full Hearing And She Is Due To Have Another baby What Is The Chance Of The Fourth Being Deaf? We Both Have 2 Deaf Cousins But They Are Distant Family Members All Born Profound Could Any HELP Please? Thank You
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Why does this matter to you? Either it is or it isn't.
 
The chance is 50/50 if deafness runs in your family. So either deal with it and be proud or don't have any more children if deaf is your biggest fear.
 
If it is a genetic type of hearing loss, the child would need to inherit the recessive gene from both parents. There is a 50% chance the child would get one gene (from one parent) and would be a carrier, 25% chance that they would get no gene at all, and a 25% chance of getting both genes and being born deaf.
 
I was born deaf and so was my brother due to genes. Iam so glad that I have a deaf brother. :)
 
I know few friends of mine. for example, one person who was born deaf and all alone in her family that she has 2 siblings and the other spouse was born deaf and all alone in his family and has 2 or 4 siblings. But they are together who have deaf two kids or three kids. like it's their first deaf generation.
 
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