Shandong Province Deaf Disease Prevention and Control and Precision Diagnosis and Treatment Collaboration Network was formally established-New Century Elite Life Science and Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

Shandong Province Deaf Disease Prevention and Control and Precision Diagnosis and Treatment Collaboration Network was formally established

Time：2022-07-29 Views：1

In recent years, hearing impairment has attracted a lot of attention. According to statistics, there are 20.54 million hearing-impaired people in my country, and 30,000 to 60,000 hearing-impaired children are born every year. Among them, more than 60% of deafness is caused by genetic factors. Gene defects and abnormalities of auditory conduction pathways are the core of deafness. question. For the past 30 years, geneticists and audiologists have been working to identify genes associated with hearing loss. Experts estimate that about 300-500 genes are associated with hereditary deafness. It is precisely due to the existence of a large number of hearing loss-related genes and the large coding regions of some genes that increase the difficulty of the study of hearing loss-related genes.

On July 17, 2022, the launching meeting of Shandong Provincial Deafness Prevention and Control and Precision Diagnosis and Treatment Collaboration Network was held in Shandong Province for ENT research was officially held. The kick-off meeting was presided over by Professor Xu Lei from the Department of Hearing Implantation, Shandong ENT Hospital. Ji Hongzhi, Director of the Development and Operation Department of Shandong ENT Hospital, gave an opening speech and awarded the license to the representatives.

At the meeting, Professor Xu Lei, Director of Otology Department Wang Mingming, and Physician Xiong Wenping of Shandong Otolaryngology Hospital respectively Special lectures were given on the topics of "Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention", "Diagnosis and Treatment of Vestibular Aqueduct Enlarged with Sudden Hearing Loss", "GJB2 Gene Mutation-induced Dominant Inheritance Case Report and Prenatal Diagnosis of Hereditary Deafness". He Shuxiang, Product Manager of Genome Clinical Service and Data Center of Guangzhou Jinyu Medical Laboratory Center, shared the "Application of Genetic Testing in Deafness Prevention and Control and Precise Diagnosis" online. The on-site academic atmosphere is strong, and the participants expressed that they have learned a lot.

At present, Shandong Province Deaf Disease Prevention and Control and Precision Diagnosis and Treatment Collaboration Network recruits 38 member units, including 9 in Linyi and 6 in Heze. , 8 in Dezhou, 3 in Weifang, 4 in Tai'an, 2 in Weihai, 1 each in Rizhao, Zibo, Yantai, Liaocheng, Jining and Dongying. Due to factors such as epidemic prevention and control, some hospital representatives participated in the kick-off meeting online. Director Ji Hongzhi issued an invitation at the meeting, and all member units are welcome to respond positively and participate actively.

Shandong Otolaryngology Hospital, as the leading unit of Shandong Province Deafness Prevention and Control and Precision Diagnosis and Treatment Collaboration Network, undertakes the planning of the collaboration network. Lead the operation of collaborative network affairs (such as multi-center clinical research, etc.), provide regular training, academic support, technical assistance, two-way referral and other support to collaborative network member units, give full play to the leading role of tertiary specialized hospitals, and lead collaborative units Through the sorting of diagnosis and treatment paths, the promotion of academic activities, online and offline discussion and consultation of difficult cases, two-way referral, multi-center clinical trials, database and specimen library construction, etc.