title: High-frequency (1000 Hz) tympanometry in normal neonates.
abstract: The characteristics of high frequency (1000 Hz) acoustic admittance results obtained from normal neonates were described in this study. Participants were 170 healthy neonates (96 boys and 74 girls) aged between 1 and 6 days (mean = 3.26 days, SD = 0.92). Transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs), and 226 Hz and 1000 Hz probe tone tympanograms were obtained from the participants using a Madsen Capella OAE/middle ear analyser. The results showed that of the 170 neonates, 34 were not successfully tested in both ears, 14 failed the TEOAE screen in one or both ears, and 122 (70 boys, 52 girls) passed the TEOAE screen in both ears and also maintained an acceptable probe seal during tympanometry. The 1000 Hz tympanometric data for the 122 neonates (244 ears) showed a single-peaked tympanogram in 225 ears (92.2%), a flat-sloping tympanogram in 14 ears (5.7%), a double-peaked tympanogram in 3 ears (1.2%) and other unusual shapes in 2 ears (0.8%). There was a significant ear effect, with right ears showing significantly higher mean peak compensated static admittance and tympanometric width, but lower mean acoustic admittance at +200 daPa and gradient than left ears. No significant gender effects or its interaction with ear were found. The normative tympanometric data derived from this cohort may serve as a guide for detecting middle ear dysfunction in neonates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kei
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Allison-Levick
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dockray
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Harrys
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kirkegard
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maurer
authors.forename: Jayne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hegarty
authors.forename: June
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tudehope
mesh_terms: D000158:Acoustic Impedance Tests / Q000379:methods; D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015997:Neonatal Screening / Q000592:standards; D017084:Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous / Q000502:physiology