scholarly journals Hyperbilirubinemia impact on newborn hearing: a literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (7) ◽  
pp. 1002-1008
Author(s):  
Marcela Hammes Teixeira ◽  
Viviann Magalhães Silva Borges ◽  
Rudimar dos Santos Riesgo ◽  
Pricila Sleifer
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
Auditory Evoked Potential ◽  
Blood Levels ◽  
Hearing Disorders ◽  
Infant Newborn ◽  
Newborn Hearing ◽  
Text Reading ◽  
The Impact

SUMMARY The increase in bilirubin levels in newborns can cause toxic effects on the auditory system, which can lead to hearing loss. This review aimed to verify the impact of hyperbilirubinemia in the hearing of newborns, relating audiological findings to serum levels of bilirubin. A literature review was conducted during October 2017, using the terms “hyperbilirubinemia”, “jaundice”, “infant”, “newborn” and “hearing loss”, on databases CAPES journals, MEDLINE and BIREME (SciELO, BBO). 827 studies were identified and 59 were selected for full-text reading, resulting in the selection of seven articles that met the inclusion criteria and were considered relevant to the sample of this study. All the reviewed studies performed brainstem auditory evoked potential as the main test for audiological evaluation. Changes in the audiological findings of neonates with hyperbilirubinemia were observed in all studies. There was no consensus on the serum bilirubin levels that may cause auditory changes; however, the relationship between hearing disorders and blood levels of bilirubin was positive. We identify the need to establish reference values for bilirubin levels considered critical for the occurrence of hearing disorders as well as the audiological follow-up of neonates with hyperbilirubinemia.

The impact of hearing loss

ORL ro ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-65
Author(s):  
Mădălina Georgescu ◽  
Violeta Necula ◽  
Sebastian Cozma
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Hard Of Hearing ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Health Politics ◽  
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening ◽  
Newborn Hearing ◽  
Impaired Person ◽  
The Impact

Hearing loss represents a frequently met sensorial handicap, which has a major and complex impact not only on the hearing-impaired person, but also on his family and society. The large number of hard-of-hearing persons justifies the acknowledgement of hearing loss as a public health issue, which oblige to appropriate health politics, to offer each hearing-impaired person health services like those in Europe. These can be obtained through: appropriate legislation for mandatory universal newborn hearing screening; national program for follow-up of hearing-impaired children up to school age; national register of hard-of-hearing persons; smooth access to rehabilitation methods; appropriate number of audiologists, trained for health services at European standards, trained through public programs of education in the field of audiology.  

Noise Exposure and Hearing Disorders

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Byrne ◽  
Thais C. Morata
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Hearing Protection ◽  
Noise Induced Hearing Loss ◽  
Hearing Disorders ◽  
Industrial Noise ◽  
Significant Impairment ◽  
Protection Devices ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Occupational Hearing Loss

Exposure to industrial noise and the resulting effect of occupational hearing loss is a common problem in nearly all industries. This chapter describes industrial noise exposure, its assessment, and hearing disorders that result from overexposure to noise. Beginning with the properties of sound, noise-induced hearing loss and other effects of noise exposure are discussed. The impact of hearing disorders and the influence of other factors on hearing loss are described. Typically, noise-induced hearing loss develops slowly, and usually goes unnoticed until a significant impairment has occurred. Fortunately, occupational hearing loss is nearly always preventable. Therefore, this chapter gives particular attention to recommendations for measures to prevent occupational hearing loss such as engineering noise controls and hearing protection devices.

scholarly journals Hearing Disorders in Congenital Toxoplasmosis: A Literature Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (03) ◽  
pp. 330-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila Corrêa ◽  
Luciana Maximino ◽  
Silke Weber
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Auditory Processing ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Congenital Toxoplasmosis ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Hearing Disorders ◽  
Data Synthesis ◽  
Moderate Evidence

Introduction Several studies show correlations between congenital toxoplasmosis and hearing loss, with a broad diversity of levels of hearing loss and specifications of hearing disorders. Objective To describe the studies found in the literature regarding hearing disorders in congenital toxoplasmosis. Data Synthesis A literature review was conducted on the Lilacs, SciELO, PubMed and Scopus databases by combining the following keywords: congenital toxoplasmosis and hearing. Based on this search strategy, 152 papers were found, the majority published on the Scopus and PubMed databases from 1958 to 2015. After the application of the inclusion criteria, 8 articles published between 1980 and 2015 were included in the present study. Conclusion This review showed a moderate evidence of the association between hearing disorders and congenital toxoplasmosis, which is characterized by sensorineural hearing loss. However, there are gaps in the description of the specific characteristics of the type and level of hearing loss, or of other possible disorders involved in the auditory processing.

scholarly journals Altered Blood Levels of Vitamin D, Cathelicidin and Parathyroid Hormone in Patients with Sepsis—a Pilot Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Greulich ◽  
W. Regner ◽  
M. Branscheidt ◽  
C. Herr ◽  
A. R. Koczulla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Antimicrobial Activity ◽  
Parathyroid Hormone ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
Blood Levels ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Icu Patients ◽  
The Impact

It has been recognised that vitamin D (VitD) has a potential role in the regulation of inflammation and protection from infection. In a prospective clinical observational pilot study, we investigated the serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin-D3 (25(OH D3), 1,25-hydroxyvitamin-D3 (1,25(OH)2D3), parathyroid hormone (PTH), and cathelicidin in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with or without systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). We included 32 patients with SIRS (septic patients), 16 ICU patients without SIRS, and 16 healthy controls. To substantiate the findings of the clinical study, we stimulated monocyte-derived macrophages with microbial patterns and analysed the impact of VitD on release of cytokines and antimicrobial activity. We found that patients with or without SIRS had relatively low levels of 25(OH)D3 and 1,25(OH)2D3. Patients with sepsis had significantly lower levels of 25(OH)D3 as compared to ICU control patients and healthy controls (10.53 ± 11.3 μg/l versus 16.46 ± 12.58 μg/l versus 24.04 ± 12.07 μg/l); the same was true for 1,25(OH)2D3. Serum levels of PTH and cathelicidin were significantly increased in sepsis patients, as compared to the other groups. In vitro, VitD significantly decreased the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines from macrophages and increased the antimicrobial activity of the cells. We concluded that patients with sepsis have significantly lower VitD levels. In vitro, VitD modulates inflammation and increases the antibacterial activity of innate immune cells. These findings suggest that VitD insufficiency is mechanistically related to increased susceptibility to SIRS and sepsis.

The impact of physical activity on serum levels of inflammatory markers in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic literature review

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 793-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rolf-Dieter Burghardt ◽  
Murteza Ali Kazim ◽  
Wolfgang Rüther ◽  
Andreas Niemeier ◽  
André Strahl
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Inflammatory Markers ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
The Impact

The impact of newborn hearing screening on communication development

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Fitzpatrick ◽  
Andrée Durieux-Smith ◽  
Alice Eriks-Brophy ◽  
Janet Olds ◽  
Robin Gaines
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Newborn Screening ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Hearing Screening ◽  
Interquartile Range ◽  
Newborn Hearing Screening ◽  
Communication Development ◽  
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening ◽  
Newborn Hearing ◽  
The Impact

Objective: Universal newborn hearing screening has become standard practice in many countries. The primary goal of this study was to assess the impact of early identification of permanent childhood hearing loss on oral communication development. Setting: Participants were recruited from three clinical programmes in two cities in the province of Ontario, Canada. The study sample was born during two consecutive periods of newborn hearing screening. The first period, prior to 2002, was targeted on high-risk infants only, and the second, from 2002, included both high- and standard-risk infants (universal newborn hearing screening – UNHS). All children were enrolled in rehabilitation programmes focused on oral language development. Methods: In this multicentre observational study, 65 children under the age of five years with onset of hearing loss before six months of age, 26 identified through systematic newborn screening (14 through targeted screening and 12 through UNHS) and 39 without screening, were assessed with an extensive battery of child- and parent-administered speech and language measures. The degree of hearing loss ranged from mild to profound with 22 children in the mild, moderate and moderately severe categories and 43 in the severe and profound categories. Data are reported for the three-year study period. Results: The screened group of children was identified at a median age of 6.6 (interquartile range, 3.0–8.2) months and children referred from sources other than newborn screening were diagnosed at a median age of 16.5 (interquartile range, 10.2–29.0) months. Assessment of oral communication development showed no significant difference between the screened and unscreened groups. The communication outcomes for children identified before 12 months of age did not differ from those of later identified children. Conclusions: Systematic screening of newborn hearing results in earlier identification and intervention for children with permanent hearing loss. Superior language outcome following newborn screening was not demonstrable in the setting of this study.

scholarly journals A Literature Review of Neural Tracking to Speech Envelope from the View of Audiology

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-277
Author(s):  
Sungmin Lee
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Speech Perception ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Neural Mechanism ◽  
Auditory Evoked Potential ◽  
Speech Comprehension ◽  
Auditory Periphery ◽  
Speech Envelope ◽  
Auditory Functions ◽  
Speech Segments

Despite the significant contribution of hearing assistive devices, medications, and surgery to restoring auditory periphery, a large number of people with hearing loss still struggle with understanding speech. This leads many studies on speech perception to move towards the central auditory functions by looking at associated brain activities using macroscopic recording tools such as electroencephalography (EEG). Up until a few years ago, however, limitation has been given to the brain scientists who attempted to investigate speech perception mechanisms using the EEG. In particular, short duration of speech segments has inevitably been used to elicit auditory evoked potential, even though they were too brief to be considered as speech. Today, however, advance in neural engineering and better understanding of neural mechanism have better facilitated brain scientists to perform studies with running stream of continuous speech and expand the scope of EEG studies to include comprehension of more realistic speech envelope. The purpose of this study is to review literatures on neural tracking to speech envelope to discuss it in Audiology perspective. This review article consists of seven subjects including introduction, neural tracking theories, neural tracking measure, signal processing & analysis, literature review on neural tracking associated with hearing loss, application of neural tracking to audiology, and conclusion. We noted that neural tracking has potential to be used in clinical sets to objectively evaluate speech comprehension for people with hearing loss in the future.

Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hearing Loss

2016 ◽  
pp. 31-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marios Stavrakas ◽  
Georgios Kyriafinis ◽  
Miltiadis Tsalighopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
United States ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
The United States ◽  
Accurate Diagnosis ◽  
Hearing Disorders ◽  
Acute Setting ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Normal Speech

Hearing disorders are quite common in our days, not only due to congenital causes, environmental factors abut also due to the increased rate of diagnosis. Hearing loss is one of the commonest reasons to visit an ENT Department both in the clinic and in the acute setting. Approximately 15% of American adults (37.5 million) aged 18 and over report some trouble hearing. One in eight people in the United States (13 percent, or 30 million) aged 12 years or older has hearing loss in both ears, based on standard hearing examinations. About 2 percent of adults aged 45 to 54 have disabling hearing loss. The rate increases to 8.5 percent for adults aged 55 to 64. Nearly 25 percent of those aged 65 to 74 and 50 percent of those who are 75 and older have disabling hearing loss. These figures depict the impact on patients' quality of life and the necessity for early and accurate diagnosis and treatment. It is important to mention that congenital hearing loss and deafness is also a condition that requires early diagnosis and hearing aiding in order to develop normal speech. Profound, early-onset deafness is present in 4–11 per 10,000 children, and is attributable to genetic causes in at least 50% of cases.

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