Journal:
:iranian journal of otorhinolaryngology
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ahmadshah farhat neonatal research center, imam reza hospital, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran.
mohammad mahdi ghasemi sinus and surgical endoscopic research center, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran.
javad akhondian 3department of pediatrics, ghaem hospital, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran.
ashraf mohamadzadeh neonatal research center, imam reza hospital, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran.
habibollah esmaeili neonatal research center, imam reza hospital, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran.
rana amiri neonatal research center, imam reza hospital, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran.
introduction: according to world health organization (who) 2001 statistics, hearing disorders are the most common congenital disease, and the incidence rate among high-risk newborns is as much as ten times as high as that in healthy neonates. however, 78% of screening test failures are well-baby nursery babies. the joint committee on infants’ hearing (jcih) has emphasized the importance of earl...