Maternal Diabetes: A Potential Risk Factor of Congenital Hearing Loss

Objective. The purpose of this study is to identify the incidence rate 'refer' result in neonates born diabetic mothers and determine association maternal diabetes initial result.
 Methods. This was a retrospective cross-sectional which included who had hearing screening test using transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) on both ears at Philippine General Hospital Ear unit during three weeks. We obtained demographic characteristics, presence/absence diabetes, OAE results.
 Results. Among 150 neonates, ten were mothers, with an age range 2-8 days old. Forty percent compared 7.9% nondiabetic mothers' neonates. After logistic regression analysis, there significant between p-value <0.05. If mother diagnosed (gestational/pre-gestational), odds having 2x higher. can from 2-43 times.
 Conclusion. 40%. There test.