Breed-Specific Deafness Prevalence In Dogs (percent)
| Breed | Dogs Tested |
Bilaterally Hearing |
Unilaterally Deaf |
Bilaterally Deaf |
Total Deaf (uni + bi) |
| Dalmatian | 6,249 | 72.0% (4,497) | 20.8% (1,297) | 7.3% (454) | 28.0% (1,751) |
| Bull Terrier white colored |
683 362 313 |
88.6% (605) 79.6% (288) 98.7% (309) |
10.3% (70) 18.2% (66) 1.3% (4) |
1.2% (8) 2.2% (8) 0.0% (0) |
11.5% (78) 20.4% (74) 1.3% (4) |
| English Setter | 751 | 87.6% (658) | 10.3% (77) | 2.2% (16) | 12.4% (93) |
| English Cocker Spaniel parti colored solid color |
1,641 1,510 69 |
94.5% (1,550) 94.4% (1,426) 98.6% (68) |
4.7% (77) 4.8% (72) 1.4% (1) |
0.9% (14) 0.8% (12) 0.0% (0) |
5.5% (91) 5.6% (84) 1.4% (1) |
| Australian Cattle Dog | 603 | 85.4% (515) | 11.8% (71) | 2.8% (17) | 14.6% (88) |
| Catahoula Leopard Dog* | 214 | 61.2% (131) | 16.8% (36) | 22.0% (47) | 38.8% (83) |
| Jack Russell Terrier* |
197
|
92.4% (182)
|
4.6% (9)
|
3.0% (6)
|
7.6% (15)
|
| Havanese* | 169 | 99.4% (168) | 0.6% (1) | 0% (0) | 0.6% (1) |
| Whippet* |
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| Dogo Argentino* | 736 | 73.5% (541) | 20.9% (154) | 5.6% (41) | 26.5% (195) |
| Boston Terrier* | 288 | 91.0% (262) | 5.2% (15) | 3.8% (11) | 9.0% (26) |
| Cavalier King Charles Spaniel* | 23 | 47.8% (11) | 17.4% (4) | 34.8% (8) | 52.2% (12) |
| English Bulldog* | 5 | 40.0% (2) | 20.0% (1) | 40.0% (2) | 60.0% (3) |
| French Bulldog* | 8 | 37.5% (3) | 37.5% (3) | 25.0% (2) |
62.5% (5) |
*Insufficient numbers of animals tested at this time for percentages to be meaningful.
The numbers in this table do not reflect numbers reported by others, shown below, but only data that I have collected.
Breed Deafness Prevalence Data from Other Sources [Source Publication]:
- Dalmatians (UK) [Wood J, Lakhani K. 1997. Vet J 154:121-33.]
N = 1,234
U = 13.1%
D = 5.3%
TD = 18.4% - Dalmatians (Switzerland) [Muhle AD et al. 2002. Vet J 163:311-8.]
N = 575
U = 9.4%
D = 7.1%
TD = 16.5% - Dalmatians (Germany) [Juraschko K et al. 2003. Vet J 166:164-9.]
N = 1,899
U = 12.2%
D = 7.4%
TD = 19.6% - Border Collies (UK) [DeRisio L et al. 2011. Vet J 188:286-90.]
N = 4,143
U = 2.0%
D = 0.4%
TD = 2.4% - Border Collies (UK) [Platt S et al. 2006. J Vet Intern Med 20:1355-62.]
N = 2,597
U = 2.3%
D = 0.5%
TD = 2.8% - Australian Stumpy-tail Cattle Dogs (Australia) [Sommerlad S et al. 2010. PLoS One 5:e13364.]
N = 315
U = 12.4%
D = 5.4%
TD = 17.8% - Australian Cattle Dogs (Australia) [Sommerlad SF et al. 2012. BMC Vet Res 8:1-16.]
N = 899
U = 7.5%
D = 3.3%
TD = 10.8% - Jack Russell Terriers (US) [Comito B, Knowles KE, Strain GM. 2012. Vet J 193:404-7.]
N = 1,009
U = 3.57%
D = 0.5%
TD = 4.07% - English Setters (United Kingdom) [Marsh OJR, Freeman J, Van Dijk J, De Risio L. 2019. Vet Record doi:10.1136/ vetrec-2019-105636.]
N = 447
U = 3.6%
D = 0.9%
TD = 4.5%