Τίτλος:
The universal newborn hearing screening program in a public hospital:
The importance of the day of examination
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Objectives: Newborn hearing screening programs are already implemented
in many countries worldwide. Nonetheless there is still no consensus
about the most proper post-birth day of examination. The purpose of this
study was to assess the most appropriate day of universal hearing
screening program in a public hospital.
Material and methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted in
“Attiko University National Health System Hospital” and included
2494 newborns. They were examined before discharge from the hospital,
using transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs).
Results: From 2494 neonates included in the study, 2129 (85.4%)
bilaterally passed the screening examination, while 365 (14.6%) failed
the test. Higher levels of “pass” result per day of life were
presented the third (90%) and fourth (94%) day of life. These days the
referral scores were lower, reaching 6% the 4th post-birth day.
Conclusion: All infants should be screened for their hearing in the
first days of life as otoacoustic emissions can be recorded from the
first 24 h of life. If the babies stay in the maternity unit for more
that 1-2 days for any reason (protocol of the maternity unit, parents
leave in remote areas, etc.) we recommend the 4th day of life as the
most appropriate day of examination in order to minimize the false
positive (”refer”) results at the initial examination. (C) 2016
Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Συγγραφείς:
Dimitriou, Anastasia
Perisanidis, Christos
Chalkiadakis,
Vasilios
Marangoudakis, Pavlos
Tzagkaroulakis, Antonios and
Nikolopoulos, Thomas P.
Περιοδικό:
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Εκδότης:
Elsevier Ireland Ltd
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
Hearing screening program; Day of examination; Otoacoustic emissions
DOI:
10.1016/j.ijporl.2016.10.015
