Recovery of Abnormal ABR in Neonates and Infants at Risk of Hearing Loss
Joint Authors
Voudouris, Charalampos
Psarommatis, Ioannis
Kapetanakis, Ioannis
Athanasiadi, Faselida
Douros, Konstantinos
Source
International Journal of Otolaryngology
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-04-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The purpose of this retrospective study is to present the clinical experience of a single institution on the recovery of ABR thresholds in a large population of neonates and infants at risk of hearing loss.
Potential prognostic factors associated with this phenomenon were also investigated.
Out of 2248 high risk infants, 384 had abnormal ABR at initial hearing evaluation and 168 of them had absent ABR or a threshold ≥80 dBnHL.
From this subgroup, a significant percentage showed complete or partial recovery on reexamination (32.7% and 9.3%, resp.), performed 4–6 months later.
The presence of normal otoacoustic emissions was associated with the ABR restoration on reexamination.
Moreover, the very young age at the initial hearing screening seems to be related to higher probabilities of false positive ABR.
The potential recovery of hearing in HR infants raises concerns about the very early cochlear implantation in HR infants less than one year.
Such a treatment modality should be decided cautiously and only after obtaining valid and stable objective and subjective hearing thresholds.
This holds especially true for infants showing an auditory neuropathy profile, as they presented a much greater probability of ABR recovery.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Psarommatis, Ioannis& Voudouris, Charalampos& Kapetanakis, Ioannis& Athanasiadi, Faselida& Douros, Konstantinos. 2017. Recovery of Abnormal ABR in Neonates and Infants at Risk of Hearing Loss. International Journal of Otolaryngology،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Psarommatis, Ioannis…[et al.]. Recovery of Abnormal ABR in Neonates and Infants at Risk of Hearing Loss. International Journal of Otolaryngology No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Psarommatis, Ioannis& Voudouris, Charalampos& Kapetanakis, Ioannis& Athanasiadi, Faselida& Douros, Konstantinos. Recovery of Abnormal ABR in Neonates and Infants at Risk of Hearing Loss. International Journal of Otolaryngology. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1168011
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1168011