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Behavioral Assessment of Hearing in 2 to 4 Year-old Children: A Two-interval, Observer-based Procedure Using Conditioned Play-based Responses
Published on: January 23, 2017
[A combined neonatal hearing screening protocol]
A Almenar Latorre1, M C Tapia Toca, C Fernández Pérez
1Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España. almenar@wanadoo.es
Objective:
To analyze a neonatal hearing screening protocol with transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (OAE) and auditory brainstem response (ABR).
Patients And Methods:
We studied 1,532 newborns with a protocol using transient evoked otoacoustic emissions and auditory brainstem response. We also evaluated auditory development until twelve months of age with quarterly questionnaires.
Results:
A total of 1,485 (97 %) newborns had normal OAE, 185 (12 %) were referred for ABR exploration and only 11 (0.7 %) were referred to the otorhinolaryngology service for auditory study and diagnosis. Four neonates had auditory disjunction. No false negatives were detected in the follow-up.
Conclusions:
This hearing screening protocol with OEA and ABR is useful for detecting hearing loss in neonates. The prevalence of hearing loss in this study was 2.6 % of live newborns.
