Concert Genetic Testing: Hearing Loss

Molecular genetic testing for suspected hereditary hearing loss is covered, including GJB2 and GJB6 sequencing and deletion/duplication analysis and comprehensive multigene (NGS) hearing-loss panels, with targeted familial variant analysis as appropriate for individuals with prelingual/congenital hearing loss, suspected autosomal recessive or dominant inheritance, or when syndromic features are absent or not yet apparent. Coverage requires no known acquired cause of hearing loss (e.g., TORCH, bacterial infection, age- or noise-related), supports a stepwise testing approach (start targeted then expand), views single-gene testing as rarely useful, and considers these tests investigational for other indications.

"Genetic testing to identify the genetic cause of suspected hereditary hearing loss."

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