In addition to the prohibition of consanguineous marriage, premarital, preconception and prenatal genetic screening for the prevention of genetic factors, the main means of prevention of congenital deafness are the prevention of various viral infections causing congenital deafness, syphilis, AIDS, etc. during motherhood and pregnancy.
Avoid the use of drugs that are damaging to hearing, such as ototoxic drugs like streptomycin and gentamicin, sedative and sleeping drugs, antimalarial drugs, etc.