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KMID : 0858620050090020191
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Korean Journal of Audiology
2005 Volume.9 No. 2 p.191 ~ p.197
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Follow-Up of Newborn Hearing Screening Program in Ajou University Hospital
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Cho Min-Jung
Choung Yun-Hoon
Mun Hyoung-Ah
Ko Mi-You
Kang Young-Sook
Shin You-Ree
Park Kee-hyun
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Abstract
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Objective: This study aims to analyze clinical characteristics including associated diseases and present hearing state, and the effects of speech rehabilitation in the hearing-impaired infants detected by the newborn hearing screening program of Ajou University Hospital and to evaluate its usefulness.
Materials and Methods: From March 1998 to February 2005, 10,444 infants (8,892 well babies and 1,523 NICU babies) were screened by transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) and auditory brainstem response (ABR). Medical records of infants with bilateral hearing loss of more 60dB were evaluated, and they were further studied with temporal bone CT scan and follow-up hearing tests using ABR.
Results: Twenty (5 normal newborn, 15 NICU newborn) of 10,444 infants initially had bilateral hearing loss of more than 60dB. Associated diseases were prematurity, hyperbilirubinemia, sepsis, low birth weight, chromosomal anomaly, cleft lip and palate, cerebral palsy, and congenital aural atresia. Three of 21 infants were revealed to have normal hearing after follow-up hearing tests, which were associated with cleft palate, hyperbilirubinemia or prematurity. Seven infants (3 normal newborn, 4 NICU newborn) showed significant development of language.
Conclusion: The establishment of auditory and speech rehabilitation program connected with newborn hearing screening is essential in treating hearing-impaired neonates.
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KEYWORD
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Newborn, Screening Test, Rehabilitation, Hearing
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