OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To describe spontaneous hearing improvement in the first years of life of a number of preterm neonates relative to cochlear implant candidacy. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case study. METHODS Hearing levels of 14 preterm neonates (mean gestational age at birth = 29 weeks) referred after newborn hearing screening were evaluated. Initial hearing thresholds ranged from 40 t...

This overview study provides information on important phoniatric and audiological aspects of early childhood hearing and language development with the aim of presenting diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. The article first addresses the universal newborn hearing screening that has been implemented in Germany for all infants since January 2009. The process of newborn hearing screening from th...

2. The authors’ assertion: “computer-generated block randomization done independently by the USA based study statistician” is not found either in the Supplementary data [1] or the published trial protocol [2]. The published paper [1] states that the external statistician performed allocation concealment (and not random sequence generation). The Commentary [3] already reported that allocation co...

The objectives of the study were to demonstrate hearing status in newborns at first screening by Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions and to find out the relationship between abnormal hearing screening and known risk factors. This study was conducted in the department of neonatology of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in collaboration with department of otolaryngology and departmen...

The importance of universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) in identifying hearing-impaired infants as early as possible is already well recognized. Transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) have been established as a reliable method for UNHS in full term infants. This is a cross sectional study between April 2003--December 2005. Thirteen thousand five hundred and ninety eight (13,598) ne...

As congenital hearing impairment has a worldwide incidence of 4 to 5 per 1000 babies and is thus one of the most common congenital problems seen today, universal newborn screening has a crucial role to play in its early detection and intervention. It provides the opportunity for better outcomes and normal language development. Prior to embarking on a screening programme, the newborn population ...

UNLABELLED Levels of evidence differ according to the audience addressed. Implementation of universal newborn hearing screening requires responses to a complex myriad of diverse groups: the general public, families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing, the deaf and hard of hearing communities, hospital administrators, physicians (pediatricians, general practitioners, ear nose and throa...

UNLABELLED In newborn hearing screening little importance is attributed to changes in the middle ear. Children with secretory otitis in the neonatal period are at risk for developing otitis media in the first year of life. AIM To determine if children who failed the hearing screening because of conductive hearing loss have more episodes of conductive hearing impairment during their first year...