ОСОБЕННОСТИ ПРОВЕДЕНИЯ ВТОРОГО ЭТАПА АУДИОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО СКРИНИНГА В ПАЛАТАХ ИНТЕНСИВНОЙ ТЕРАПИИ

Е С Гарбарук; П В Павлов; О К Горкина; А Нномзоо

Е С Гарбарук Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, 194100, Saint-Petersburg, Litovskaya str., 2
П В Павлов Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, 194100, Saint-Petersburg, Litovskaya str., 2
О К Горкина Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, 194100, Saint-Petersburg, Litovskaya str., 2
А Нномзоо Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, 194100, Saint-Petersburg, Litovskaya str., 2

Keywords: newborn hearing screening, hearing impairments, risk factors

Abstract

The modern development of audiology allows performing of hearing screening from the first days of a child’s life. Special attention should be paid to the diagnosis of children treated in the newborn intensive care units (NICU). Accurate diagnosis and determination of the hearing impairment causes are essential for the most effective reducing of the negative impacts of hearing loss. Aims of current study were to determine prevalence, type and causes of hearing loss in children treated in the NICU. Newborn hearing screening and comprehensive audiological assessment were performed for 774 children. At the 1st diagnostics assessment 11.6% of children had hearing impairments; at the 2nd assessment hearing loss were identified in 7.8% of children. Improvement of hearing in the first months of life can be explained by auditory system maturation and middle ear function normalization. 4 children which passed newborn hearing otoacoustics emissions screening had auditory neuropathy. This fact indicates the need for hearing screening in the NICU based on auditory evoked potentials.

PECULIARITIES OF HEARING ASSESSMENT IN INFANTS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNITS

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