With hearing loss and deafness leading to severe depression in nearly eight percent patients and nearly four percent of them acquiring suicidal tendencies experts Saturday called for mandating hearing screening of newborns for early identification of the malady. 'Hearing loss or deafness results in nearly eight percent of the patients in the country developing depression which with time gets acute and the person may develop suicidal tendencies. 'Though there are not many studies on that but around four percent of those patients develop suicidal tendencies' S.P Bera surgeon and former ENT head at the Calcutta Medical College said here. Participating
