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Newborn Hearing ScreeningOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Hearing loss is a common disorder, and congenital hearing impairment affects nearly 1 in every 1000 live births; it is one of the most distressing disorders and the most frequent birth defect in developed societies. It has been recognized that infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for more than 48 h form a high-risk group with the prevalence of approximately 1 in 100.
This study was done to assess validity of both screening procedures (ATEOAEs and AABR) on NICU neonates and well infant neonates in El-Demerdash hospital environment. 510 neonates were screened in this study in the first stage ofscreening. They were divided into two groups; group I included 100 well born neonates who screened 12-28 hours after birth, and group II included 410 neonates incubated in NICU for a duration of 2- 90 days and screened just after discharge from NICU.
Results of this study revealed total referral rate from the two study groups of 59 % for ATEOAEs and 19.4 % for AABR after first screening with no significant difference between the two groups. Referral rate significantly lowered after second screening to be 16.3 % for ATEOAEs and 5.4 % for AABR with significant difference between the two groups resulting in 72 NICU neonates conducted for diagnostic ABR testing from group II.