title: [Deafness in the neonatal period: basis for screening].
abstract: Deafness must be recognized in infancy in order to reduce auditory disability to a minimum. To achieve this, it is important to implement screening programmes as soon after birth as possible. In the United States, the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing recommended in 1982 that identification of hearing loss should be screened in the neonatal period. This early detection is now considered critical for optimal rehabilitative outcome. This paper presents the "state of art" neonatal screening principles and procedures. In France, neonatal screening programs for auditory dysfunction are not consistent with these principles. Evoked otoacoustic emissions represent an important advance in screening for hearing loss in normal neonates and babies from neonatal intensive care units. This method records very low intensity sound energy released by the cochlea in response to a brief sound stimulation. These otoacoustic emissions show promise as a rapid, cost-effective means of quickly discharging all babies with normal peripherical auditory systems.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de recherche sur la physiologie et la physiopathologie de l'audition (ER 296), faculté Necker-Enfants-Malades, université Paris V, hôpital Boucicaut, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonfils
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: François
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aidan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Avan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parat
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boissinot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Narcy
mesh_terms: D003638:Deafness / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015997:Neonatal Screening / Q000379:methods*; D017084:Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous
vernacular_title: La surdité en période néonatale: les bases du dépistage.