Transient evoked otoacoustic emission-based screening in typical nurseries: a response to Jacobson and Jacobson.
Jacobson and Jacobson (Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 29 (1994) 235-248) recently questioned whether TEOAE-based newborn hearing screening similar to what was recommended by the National Institutes of Health could be implemented in a typical nursery setting. They concluded that, 'the theoretical advantage of TEOAEs as a method for screening newborn babies at risk for hearing loss may not be realized in acute practice.' This article presents data based on dozens of currently operational TEOAE-based newborn hearing screening programs which demonstrate that the concerns raised by Jacobson and Jacobson are not representative of what is being experienced by operational newborn hearing screening programs.
White
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KR
Utah State University, Logan 84322-6580, USA.
Culpepper
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Maxon
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Vohr
B R
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Mauk
G W
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D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D009724:Nurseries, Infant; D017084:Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous