TY - JOUR
T1 - Neonatal screening with auditory brainstem responses
T2 - Results of follow-up audiometry and risk factor evaluation
AU - Duara, Shahnaz
AU - Suter, Charles M.
AU - Bessard, Kimberley K.
AU - Gutberlet, Ronald L.
PY - 1986/2
Y1 - 1986/2
N2 - To determine the incidence and outcome of neurosensory hearing loss in infants, without selection bias, volunteers screened all infants from intensive care and well-baby nurseries of a tertiary care center for risk factors over 1 year; Infants with sufficient risk factors were screened for auditory brainstem evoked response. Infants with abnormal findings received audiometric followup. Results of a 1-year follow-up study are reported. Risk factor evaluation revealed a 17% incidence of neurosensory hearing loss in a subgroup of infants with multiple risks such as birth weight<1500 gm, with perinatal asphyxia, subsequent hypoxemia, and hospital stay>2 months. All infants with permanent hearing loss were assigned to this category. Our results suggest that this population is at greatest risk for early hearing impairment.
AB - To determine the incidence and outcome of neurosensory hearing loss in infants, without selection bias, volunteers screened all infants from intensive care and well-baby nurseries of a tertiary care center for risk factors over 1 year; Infants with sufficient risk factors were screened for auditory brainstem evoked response. Infants with abnormal findings received audiometric followup. Results of a 1-year follow-up study are reported. Risk factor evaluation revealed a 17% incidence of neurosensory hearing loss in a subgroup of infants with multiple risks such as birth weight<1500 gm, with perinatal asphyxia, subsequent hypoxemia, and hospital stay>2 months. All infants with permanent hearing loss were assigned to this category. Our results suggest that this population is at greatest risk for early hearing impairment.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-3476(86)81004-6
DO - 10.1016/S0022-3476(86)81004-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 3944718
AN - SCOPUS:0022636801
VL - 108
SP - 276
EP - 281
JO - Journal of Pediatrics
JF - Journal of Pediatrics
SN - 0022-3476
IS - 2
ER -