Overview of Newborn Hearing Screening by transient otoacoustic emissions in Aswan, Egypt: A Hospital-Based preliminary Study
Elmoursy, M., Meabed, A., Nagdy, H., Aly, H., Zaki, E., Gabri, M. (2021). Overview of Newborn Hearing Screening by transient otoacoustic emissions in Aswan, Egypt: A Hospital-Based preliminary Study. EKB Journal Management System, 7(2), 1-14. doi: 10.21608/ejnso.2021.180485
Mohamed M Elmoursy; Ashraf A Meabed; Hager S Nagdy; Hanan M Aly; Edrees Zaki; Magda F Gabri. "Overview of Newborn Hearing Screening by transient otoacoustic emissions in Aswan, Egypt: A Hospital-Based preliminary Study". EKB Journal Management System, 7, 2, 2021, 1-14. doi: 10.21608/ejnso.2021.180485
Elmoursy, M., Meabed, A., Nagdy, H., Aly, H., Zaki, E., Gabri, M. (2021). 'Overview of Newborn Hearing Screening by transient otoacoustic emissions in Aswan, Egypt: A Hospital-Based preliminary Study', EKB Journal Management System, 7(2), pp. 1-14. doi: 10.21608/ejnso.2021.180485
Elmoursy, M., Meabed, A., Nagdy, H., Aly, H., Zaki, E., Gabri, M. Overview of Newborn Hearing Screening by transient otoacoustic emissions in Aswan, Egypt: A Hospital-Based preliminary Study. EKB Journal Management System, 2021; 7(2): 1-14. doi: 10.21608/ejnso.2021.180485

Overview of Newborn Hearing Screening by transient otoacoustic emissions in Aswan, Egypt: A Hospital-Based preliminary Study

Egyptian Journal of Neck Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology
Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 2, September 2021, Page 1-14  XML PDF (515.14 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejnso.2021.180485
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Authors
Mohamed M Elmoursyorcid 1; Ashraf A Meabed2; Hager S Nagdy2; Hanan M Aly2; Edrees Zaki3; Magda F Gabri2
1Audiovestibular Medicine Unit ENT Department Al-Azhar University Assuit Egypt
2Pediatric Department, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt
3Pediatric Department, Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt
Abstract
Objectives: One of the most significant risk groups for hearing loss is neonates who spend time in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of hearing loss in all neonates admitted to our hospital NICU and evaluate their risk factors. It is a prospective cross-sectional study conducted on all neonates admitted to our hospital in one year.
Patients and methods: All Neonates were subjected to history, clinical, Otoscopic examination, and Oto-acoustic emissions test. Neonates with congenital ear anomalies or ear problems that interfere with the screening test were excluded.
Results: 90.6% of cases passed the test, and 9.4% had a Refer result in the initial screening. A repeated test for the referral cases showed 6.7% passed and 2.7% had hearing affection (2% bilateral and 0.7 % unilateral).
Conclusions: The prevalence of hearing loss was 2.7%, 2 % had bilateral hearing affection, and 0.7 % had unilateral hearing affection. There was a significant correlation between exposures to certain risk factors among the affected neonates; all cases remained more than 5 days in NICU with history of exposure to ototoxic drugs, especially gentamycin, furosemide, vancomycin, and amikacin.
Keywords
NICU; hearing loss; screening; TEOAEs
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