No significant association between Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) and congenital hearing loss in term infants was found in a setting with universal health care and population screening for both In this context clinicians can be reassured that GDM alone is not associated with increased risk for congenital hearing loss, supporting current screening protocols and resource allocation. In this context clinicians can reassure families that congenital hearing loss due to exposure to GDM alone is unlikely.
Anderson et al. (2026) studied this question.