article by Robert M. DiSogra, AuD - TAP Board of Directors (Information current at time of publication) According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, during pregnancy, the placenta supplies a growing fetus with nutrients and water and also produces a variety of hormones to maintain the pregnancy (estrogen, cortisol, and human placental lactogen). These hormones can have a blocking effect on insulin....
Audiologists should consider gestational diabetes in a child's prenatal history as a possible risk factor when conducting pediatric hearing evaluations, though the underlying evidence referenced is from external research rather than new data presented here.
Identifying gestational diabetes as a potential contributor to pediatric hearing loss could improve early screening practices and strengthen collaboration between audiology and obstetric care teams.
- 01Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is linked to an increased risk of hearing loss in the children of affected mothers.
- 02Content references Johns Hopkins Medicine research on the GDM–hearing loss relationship.
- 03The piece is authored by AuD Robert M. DiSogra as an educational review, not primary research.
- 04Early identification of hearing loss in children of GDM mothers may support timely intervention.
- 05The article reinforces TAP's mission to connect audiology with maternal and chronic disease health.
Children born to mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus face an elevated risk of hearing loss.
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