Predicting the Degree of Hearing Loss Using Click Auditory Brainstem Response in Babies Referred From Newborn Hearing Screening

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Baldwin ◽  
Peter Watkin
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Auditory Brainstem Response ◽  
Auditory Brainstem ◽  
Hearing Screening ◽  
Newborn Hearing Screening ◽  
Newborn Hearing ◽  
Brainstem Response

A Multisite Study to Examine the Efficacy of the Otoacoustic Emission/Automated Auditory Brainstem Response Newborn Hearing Screening Protocol

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean L. Johnson ◽  
Karl R. White ◽  
Judith E. Widen ◽  
Judith S. Gravel ◽  
Betty R. Vohr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Auditory Brainstem Response ◽  
Behavioral Assessment ◽  
Otoacoustic Emission ◽  
Auditory Brainstem ◽  
Hearing Screening ◽  
Newborn Hearing Screening ◽  
Automated Auditory Brainstem Response ◽  
Newborn Hearing ◽  
Brainstem Response

Purpose: This article is the 1st in a series of 4 articles on a recently completed multistate study of newborn hearing screening. Method: The study examined the efficacy of the 2-stage otoacoustic emission/automated auditory brainstem response (OAE/A-ABR) protocol for identifying hearing loss in newborns. Results: The study found that the 2-stage OAE/A-ABR protocol did miss a significant number of babies who exhibited a permanent hearing loss by 1 year of age. Three subsequent articles will describe the research design and results in detail, discuss the behavioral assessment of infants, and summarize the implications of the study for policy, practice, and research.

Letter to the Editor

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 950-952
Author(s):  
Michael J. M. Raffin ◽  
Gregory J. Matz
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Auditory Brainstem Response ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Auditory Brainstem ◽  
Hearing Screening ◽  
Newborn Hearing Screening ◽  
High Frequency Hearing Loss ◽  
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening ◽  
Newborn Hearing ◽  
Brainstem Response

We thank Bess and Paradise, (1994)1 for bringing attention to some relevant issues related to universal newborn hearing screening. We note that their assertion that the effects of mild or moderate temporary hearing loss are "entirely speculative and perhaps nonexistent" may be somewhat overstated (see, for example, Teele, Klein, Chase, Menyuk, Rosner and associates, 1990).2 The assertion that click-evoked auditory brainstem response (ABR) may be used "... primarily to detect high-frequency hearing loss" is not warranted and misleading.

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