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Newborn Hearing Screening and Early Diagnostic in the NICU
Joint Authors
de Souza, Gabriele Libano
Hein, Thaís Antonelli Diniz
Colella-Santos, Maria Francisca
do Amaral, Maria Isabel Ramos
Casali, Raquel Leme
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-06-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The aim was to describe the outcome of neonatal hearing screening (NHS) and audiological diagnosis in neonates in the NICU.
The sample was divided into Group I: neonates who underwent NHS in one step and Group II: neonates who underwent a test and retest NHS.
NHS procedure was automated auditory brainstem response.
NHS was performed in 82.1% of surviving neonates.
For GI, referral rate was 18.6% and false-positive was 62.2% (normal hearing in the diagnostic stage).
In GII, with retest, referral rate dropped to 4.1% and false-positive to 12.5%.
Sensorineural hearing loss was found in 13.2% of infants and conductive in 26.4% of cases.
There was one case of auditory neuropathy spectrum (1.9%).
Dropout rate in whole process was 21.7% for GI and 24.03% for GII.
We concluded that it was not possible to perform universal NHS in the studied sample or, in many cases, to apply it within the first month of life.
Retest reduced failure and false-positive rate and did not increase evasion, indicating that it is a recommendable step in NHS programs in the NICU.
The incidence of hearing loss was 2.9%, considering sensorineural hearing loss (0.91%), conductive (1.83%) and auditory neuropathy spectrum (0.19%).
American Psychological Association (APA)
Colella-Santos, Maria Francisca& Hein, Thaís Antonelli Diniz& de Souza, Gabriele Libano& do Amaral, Maria Isabel Ramos& Casali, Raquel Leme. 2014. Newborn Hearing Screening and Early Diagnostic in the NICU. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-502787
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Colella-Santos, Maria Francisca…[et al.]. Newborn Hearing Screening and Early Diagnostic in the NICU. BioMed Research International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-502787
American Medical Association (AMA)
Colella-Santos, Maria Francisca& Hein, Thaís Antonelli Diniz& de Souza, Gabriele Libano& do Amaral, Maria Isabel Ramos& Casali, Raquel Leme. Newborn Hearing Screening and Early Diagnostic in the NICU. BioMed Research International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-502787
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-502787