[Neonatal deafness screening with the evoked otoacoustic emissions technique. Study of 320 newborns at the neonatal resuscitation service of the Amiens neonatal care unit].
Between January 1997 and June 1999, we screened for hearing loss using evoked otoacoustic emissions in 320 newborns in the neonate intensive care unit at the Amiens University Hospital. The purpose of this study was to search for correlations between deafness and one of the hearing loss risk factors identified by the Joint Committee on Infant Screening. Three risk factors were found to be significant: craniofacial abnormalities, low birth weight (less than 1500 g) and a familial history of hearing loss. Unfortunately a large proportion of the infants were lost to follow-up. Evoked otoacoustic emission provide an excellent screening technique for hearing loss in newborns. Such screening implies however the creation of networks to assure patient follow-up.
Ayache
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Service ORL et CCF, CHU Amiens, place Victor Pauchet, 80054 Amiens.
Kolski
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C
Stramandinoli
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E
Leke
A
A
Krim
G
G
Strunski
V
V
D003638:Deafness / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D012307:Risk Factors