scholarly journals Evasion of Newborn Hearing Screening retest: relation with risk factors for hearing impairment

Revista CEFAC ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Júlia Dalcin Pinto ◽  
Laís Ferreira ◽  
Déborah Aurélio Temp ◽  
Valdani Dias ◽  
Dara Eliza Rohers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Medication Use ◽  
Hearing Screening ◽  
Risk Indicators ◽  
P Value ◽  
Newborn Hearing Screening ◽  
Newborn Hearing ◽  
Screening Result

ABSTRACT Purpose: to analyze the evasion rate of the Newborn Hearing Screening program’s retest, to verify whether the presence of risk indicators for hearing loss influences it, and to describe which risk indicators for hearing loss occur more frequently in these cases. Methods: 1,287 newborns/infants participated, who were screened between June 2015 and June 2018. All of them obtained "fail" as the Newborn Hearing Screening result, were referred to the retest and did not attend it. Information related to the occurrence of risk indicators for hearing loss was observed. Results: the study found that the evasion rate was of 15.23%. The presence of risk indicators for hearing loss did not show an association with non-attendance at this stage of the program (p-value = 0.087). The most frequent indicators in the cases of non-attendance at the retest were: ototoxic medication use and intensive care unit stay for more than five days. Conclusion: high evasion rate of the retest has been observed. It has been found that the presence of risk indicators did not influence the retest evasion rate. Use of ototoxic medication and stay at the intensive care unit were the most frequent indicators among those who did not attend the retest.

scholarly journals Prevalence of hearing impairment and outcome of universal neonatal hearing screening program in a tertiary care hospital – in UAE

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 40-44
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Saleh ElHalik ◽  
Swarup Kumar Dash ◽  
Arif Moinuddin Faquih ◽  
Rim Aref Mahfouz ◽  
Faseela Shejee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Screening Program ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Hearing Screening ◽  
Newborn Hearing Screening ◽  
Newborn Hearing

Background and objective: Hearing loss is one of the most common congenital anomalies, occurring in 1 to 3 per 1000 newborn infants in the well-baby nursery population, and 2 to 4 per 100 infants in the Neonatal intensive care unit graduates. The aim of the study is to identify babies with potential hearing loss and direct them to early intervention and rehabilitation. The program also initiated to create awareness about the need for detecting childhood deafness among parents and general population. An estimate of coverage, prevalence and proportion of babies defaulting newborn hearing screening program and diagnostic evaluation monitored closely to find the effectiveness of the program. Study design: This is a retrospective study and was conducted at Latifa women and children’s hospital (LWCH), a tertiary care referral hospital at Dubai, United Arab Emirates, over a period of two years from January 2018 to December 2019. Neonates admitted in Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and Post Natal wards (PNW) were screened. We followed three tier approach of hearing screening. All eligible neonates were subjected to Transient Evoked Oto-acoustic emission (TEOAE) prior to discharge. Automated auditory brainstem response (AABR) hearing screening was conducted in neonates who did not pass TEOAE test. Infant who failed second screening (AABR) were subjected to comprehensive hearing evaluation prior to three months of age. Results: Out of the total 7923 neonates, 7895(99.65%) were screened and 118 (1.49%) newborns referred for comprehensive audiological evaluation. Among them, 27(0.34%) were identified with various degrees of hearing loss. The prevalence of hearing loss was found to be 0.16% and 0.92% among neonates from PNW and NICU respectively. Conclusion: Implementation of Universal newborn hearing screening program is the need of the hour, as early detection of Hearing loss will aid early rehabilitation and better outcomes.

Assessing Loss to Follow-up After Newborn Hearing Screening in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Cheung ◽  
Tammy Chen ◽  
Rachel Rivero ◽  
Kristin Hartman-Joshi ◽  
Michael B. Cohen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Hearing Screening ◽  
Newborn Hearing Screening ◽  
Loss To Follow Up ◽  
Newborn Hearing

Use of a High-Risk Register in Newborn Hearing Screening

1975 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 493-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianne H. Meyer ◽  
Virginia I. Wolfe
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
Hearing Screening ◽  
Special Care ◽  
Newborn Hearing Screening ◽  
Newborn Hearing

High-risk newborns were routinely screened for hearing loss by observing their behavioral responses to a 3000-Hz warbled tone at 90 or 100 dB SPL. Infants were identified as high risk if they presented any of the conditions listed by the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing Screening or if they were placed in the special care or intensive care sections of the newborn nursery. During the program’s first 12 months, 17% of the total newborn population were included in the screening, and 7% of those screened failed to respond. Approximately half of the infants who failed the screening returned for follow-up testing. No hearing loss has been identified among these infants. Special steps have been required to improve the screening’s effectiveness.

scholarly journals Risk factors and prevalence of newborn hearing loss in a private health care system of Porto Velho, Northern Brazil

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Santos de Oliveira ◽  
Liliane Barbosa Rodrigues ◽  
Fernanda Soares Aurélio ◽  
Virgínia Braz da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Hearing Screening ◽  
Private Hospitals ◽  
Newborn Hearing ◽  
History Of ◽  
Northern Brazil ◽  
Ototoxic Drugs

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of hearing loss and to analyze the results of newborn hearing screening and audiological diagnosis in private health care systems. METHODS Cross-sectional and retrospective study in a database of newborn hearing screening performed by a private clinic in neonates born in private hospitals of Porto Velho, Rondônia, Northern Brazil. The screening results, the risk for hearing loss, the risk indicators for hearing loss and the diagnosis were descriptively analyzed. Newborns cared in rooming in with their mothers were compared to those admitted to the Intensive Care Unit regarding risk factors for hearing loss. RESULTS: Among 1,146 (100%) enrolled newborns, 1,064 (92.8%) passed and 82 (7.2%) failed the hearing screening. Among all screened neonates, 1,063 (92.8%) were cared in rooming and 83 (7.2%) needed intensive care; 986 (86.0%) were considered at low risk and 160 (14.0%) at high risk for hearing problems. Of the 160 patients identified as having high risk for hearing loss, 83 (37.7%) were admitted to an hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit, 76 (34.5%) used ototoxic drugs and 38 (17.2%) had a family history of hearing loss in childhood. Hearing loss was diagnosed in two patients (0.2% of the screened sample). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of hearing loss in newborns from private hospitals was two cases per 1,000 evaluated patients. The use of ototoxic drugs, admission to Intensive Care Unit and family history of hearing loss were the most common risk factors for hearing loss in the studied population.

scholarly journals Intensive care unit: results of the Newborn Hearing Screening

2016 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inaê Costa Rechia ◽  
Kátia Pase Liberalesso ◽  
Otília Valéria Melchiors Angst ◽  
Fernanda Donato Mahl ◽  
Michele Vargas Garcia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Hearing Screening ◽  
Newborn Hearing Screening ◽  
Newborn Hearing
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