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The purpose of this study was to develop and test a whole genome sequencing (WGS) approach to detect deafness-related genetic variants and CMV infections simultaneously in newborns.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Method:<\/jats:bold> Deafness-related genes causing congenital or childhood hearing loss were curated and selected for newborn screening. Nine dried blood spots from newborns with known genetic variants (n = 6) or CMV infections (n = 3) were employed to develop and validate the WGS testing and analytic pipeline. We then pilot tested the WGS analysis on 51 de-identified clinical samples.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> 92 gene-disease pairs were selected for screening hearing loss in newborns. In the validation test, WGS accurately detected all types of genetic variants, including single nucleotide variations, insertions\/deletions, and copy number variations in the nuclear or mitochondrial genome. Sequence reads mapping to the CMV reference genome were discovered in CMV infected samples. In the pilot test, WGS identified nine out of 51 (18%) newborns carrying pathogenic variants associated with deafness.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> WGS can simultaneously detect genetic variants and CMV infections in dried blood spot specimens from newborns. 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