[Hearing and language sequelae in survivors of a neonatal intensive care unit].
BACKGROUND
The purpose of this study is to record the hearing and language sequelae in a sample of children from the Intensive Care Unit between the ages of two and three.


METHODS
Forty-one children were studied after being submitted to neuropsychological, hearing and language tests. Both normal and abnormal parameters for each test allowed the categorization of the children.


RESULTS
In the general sample there were 24 full-term children versus 17 preterm children. The neurological testing showed a tendency towards normality. The same was seen in language testing since the proportion of normality corresponded to those children born after a full term. There were practically no differences in those suspected from both groups and a greater percentage of abnormal children were found among the pre-term infants. From an audiological standpoint there was a predominance of normal children; there was only one patient with severe bilateral hypoacusis who needed an electric auxiliary hearing device and two other patients with peripheral ear dysfunction classified as serous middle ear otitis.


CONCLUSIONS
The incidence of hypoacusis in this sampling type is similar to that reported in the literature. Those patients with a history of assisted mechanical ventilation have been later found to have, as a sequelae, serous middle ear otitis, which corresponds to that reported by Paradise. The development of language stages were altered more so in preterm children. In some patients, the lack of stimulation associated with a low socioeconomic back group favors the delay in the development of language skills.
Vázquez-Gómez
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División de Pediatría, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, México, D.F.
Fernández-Carrocera
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LA
Bravo-Cabrera
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Venta-Sobero
J A
JA
Montiel-García
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Lozano-González
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CH
D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology
Secuelas de audición y lenguaje en sobrevivientes de una Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatales.