title: [Hearing- and vestibular functions after neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia (author's transl)].
abstract: Cochlear- and vestibular function were investigated in 72 patients, aged between 4 and 7 years who had neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia. Markedly more and more serious damage was found in the group of patients, who as neonates had serum bilirubin levels above 25 mg-%. The frequency of loss of cochlear and vestibular function was significantly higher in patients with hyperbilirubinaemia for more than 4 days. Contrary to data published until now, it can be concluded that the vestibular apparatus is the most sensitive part of the nervous system to bilirubin.
mesh_terms: D001299:Audiometry; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004899:Erythroblastosis, Fetal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005078:Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D013997:Time Factors; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests
vernacular_title: Untersuchungen der Gehör- und Vestibularfunktion nach Icterus gravis