Pa. mom raising awareness about CMV after infant daughter develops hearing loss

June is Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Awareness Month, and many parents have never even heard of it. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CMV is the leading infectious cause of birth defects in the United States and can have lifelong consequences.

A 2-month-old girl from Landenberg, Chester County, is battling the effects of CMV with help from a team of doctors at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Wilmington.

Callie Resler, who was born on April 25, has permanent hearing loss in her left ear because of congenital CMV, according to her mother, Lindsay Resler…

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