Author/Editor		Vatovec, J; Geczy, B; Gros, A
Title		The outcome of hospital-based neonatal hearing screening at Medical centre Ljubljana
Type		članek
Source		In: Žargi M, editor. Proceedings of the 11th Danube symposium 2006. International otorhinolaryngological congress; 2006 Sep 27-30; Bled. Bologna: Monduzzi editore,
Publication year		2006
Volume		str. 77-80
Language		eng
Abstract		Newborn hearing screening was accepted world wide as a prerequisite of an early diagnosis of congenital hearing impairment. In a period of six years we evaluated the hearing of 255 infants who failed neonatal hospital-based hearing screening with transitory evoked otoacoustic emissions (TOAE). We used several tests during the diagnostic procedure: measurement of TOAE, tympanometry, behavioural audiometry in sound field and auditory brainstem responses (ABR). The assessments were performed at the age of one to three months. Hearing impairment was confirmed in 36.86% of infants. Conductive hearing loss was treated by conservative therapy and installation of tympanic tubes. In infants with permanent hearing impairment (25.88%) the rehabilitation started with medical devices (hearing aids, cochlear implants). Early identification of hearing impairment results in earlier initiation of intervention services.
Descriptors		HEARING DISORDERS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS AUDIOMETRY INFANT, NEWBORN