[Hearing screening of 10,501 newborns].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the results of hearing screening in newborns so as to explore the appropriate clinical strategy of hearing screening among newborns.


METHODS
Transiently evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) was used to examine the hearing of 10,501 newborns 2 - 4 days after birth. Those who failed the initial screening underwent secondary screening with TEOAE. Acoustic brain-stem response (ABR) and 40 Hz AERP were used to monitor the hearing of those who failed the secondary screening every 6 months since the age of 3 months to the age of 3 years.


RESULTS
The false-positive rate was 14.92% in the initial screening, and was 0.26% after the 2-stage screening. 62 infants were diagnosed with hearing loss with a prevalence of congenital hearing loss (in one ear or two ears) of 5.90 per thousand and a prevalence of bilateral hearing loss of 2.76 per thousand.


CONCLUSIONS
Hearing screening in the procedure with TEOAE, ABR and 40 Hz AERP helps identify infants with hearing loss as early as possible so as to conduct appropriate intervention.
Nie
Wen-ying
WY
Jinan Municipal Maternity and Child Care Center, Jinan 250000, China.
Gong
Lu-xia
LX
Liu
Yu-jun
YJ
Xiang
Li-li
LL
Lin
Qian
Q
Qi
Yi-sheng
YS
Nie
Ying-jiu
YJ
D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000151:congenital / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D017084:Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous; D015995:Prevalence