[Auditory screening of neonates using an objective method--otoacoustic emissions].
Screening for hearing loss in children in Slovak republic with non-objective methods detects only deaf children, mean age of the diagnosis establishment is even 2.5 years. It is necessary for healthy child development to detect and treat a child with bilateral defect before 1 year of age. Preliminary results of auditory screening in 456 newborns with objective method of otoacoustic emissions (OAE) proved the necessity of otoacoustic screening in all risk newborns. In one of 204 risk newborns serious hearing loss was proved with BERA examination and in next 8 of them it is suspected according to the OAE results and additional tympanometric examination with the A curve. Until now in newborn without risk of hearing loss in history were not detected bilateral hearing loss, only unilateral, not requiring treatment. (Fig. 1, Tab. 2. Ref. 9.)
Jakubikova
J
J
Department of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. jakubi@gtinet.sk
Zavodna
M
M
Kardosova
A
A
Vicianova
K
K
D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D017084:Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous; D012307:Risk Factors