[A critical review of the problem of children at audiological and phoniatric risk in the first year of life].
The "M. L. Marenzi" Centre of Infantile Otophoniatrics, in collaboration with the Department of Neonatal Pathology of the Fatebenefratelli Hospital in Milan, performed longitudinal controls of an audiological and phoniatric type in 252 children. In the present study attention is focused in particular on audiological evaluations made in a group of 71 infants aged from 6-9 months old. During audiological tests the evaluation of auditory capacity and the type of response to acoustic stimulus were taken into account. The behavioural observation of selective attention to sound is a very important index of the maturity of sensorial patterns. The retarded development of response to an acoustic stimulus may indicate future communication disorders. The type of response to acoustic stimulus obtained in 71 infants were compared with those in a further two groups of children: the first comprised 3822 children with no audiological risk, and the second 3755 children at audiological risk according to Feinmeser and Telly's expanded list. This comparison highlighted a significant persistence of an archaic-type response in the group of infants from the Department of Neonatal Pathology. It is therefore essential that these children are examined further from a phoniatric point of view.
Masarone
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Ospedale Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico Reparto Pediatria, Università degli Studi di Milano.
Collo
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G
Massari
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F
Mazzocca
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M
Maldera
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U
D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
Revisione critica sul problema dei bambini a rischio audiologico e foniatrico nel primo anno di vita.