Age at diagnosis of deaf babies: A retrospective analysis highlighting the advantage of newborn hearing screening

Canale, Andrea; Favero, Elena; Lacilla, Michelangelo; Recchia, E.; Schindler, Antonio; Roggero, N.; Albera, Roberto

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2006.01.008

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“…However, a brief outline of the measurements is discussed below (for instruments acronyms, see Appendix). Motor impairment or motor skills or motor development or motor performance or gross motor function or gross motor development or gross motor performance or gross motor dysfunction or gross motor skills or fine motor skills or motor proficiency or motor deficit 6 Quality of life or health-related quality of life or psychological well-being or social well-being or psychosocial well-being or emotional well being or mental well-being or socialization in three categories: manual dexterity skills, ball skills, and balance skills. It is a 6-point rating scale, where 0 equals best performance, and 5 equals weakest performance.…”

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“…The severity of the disability experienced by the child depends on the degree and duration of hearing loss, age at which the hearing loss appeared first, and the coexisting disabilities [3][4][5]. Hearing loss in post natal period and infancy may have a major impact on life [6]. The prevalence of moderate to profound hearing loss in children, including sensorineural hearing loss and conductive hearing loss is 1-6 of 1,000, of which, 10% have hearing levels that fall in the profound range [7][8][9][10].…”

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“…Evidence shows that in the early stages of life, auditory input and communication are essential for acquisition of speech, cognition, behavior and social development [6,13]. Apart from delays in oral development, children with sensorineural hearing loss are likely to present with delays in important aspects of non-verbal development such as balance, and motor development [14][15][16].…”

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Postural control, motor skills, and health-related quality of life in children with hearing impairment: a systematic review

Rajendran

Roy

Jeevanantham³

2011

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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Children with hearing impairment have balance and motor deficits primarily due to concomitant damage to the vestibular structures. Psycho-intellectual and social developmental disorders, as well as elimination of social activities and participation may diminish health-related quality of life in these children. Despite the documentation, assessment of balance, motor deficits, and health-related quality of life of these children are not included in the educational program, unless obvious neurological or orthopedic disorders are diagnosed. The objective of this review was to systematically analyze the available information in the literatures regarding the postural control, motor skills, and health-related quality of life in children with hearing impairment. Searches of data sources PubMed, MEDLINE, CINHAL, EMBASE, SCOPUS, ISI of web science, Cochrane Library, and AMED database were performed from the earliest to 7 February 2011. Study eligibility criteria included non-interventional studies that addressed postural control, motor skills, and health-related quality of life in children with hearing impairment. For each eligible article, data were extracted using custom-designed forms by a single investigator. Collected data included study demographics, study design, study population, sample size, outcome measures, and results. A total of 11,872 articles were retrieved, and 17 articles were found to be eligible for inclusion. Of the 17 articles included, five articles analyzed health-related quality of life alone, two articles analyzed balance alone, two articles analyzed motor performance alone, two articles analyzed vestibular dysfunction alone, two articles included both vestibular dysfunction and balance, two articles included both motor performance and balance, and two articles investigated vestibular, balance as well as motor impairments. Heterogeneity of the studies prevented us from performing methodological quality assessment and meta-analysis. The results of this review suggest that children with hearing impairment exhibit suboptimal levels of function in postural control, motor skill performance, and health-related quality of life.

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Postural control, motor skills, and health-related quality of life in children with hearing impairment: a systematic review

Rajendran

Roy

Jeevanantham³

2011

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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“…After the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1999 and European Consensus Conference in 1998 recommended UNHS, it started to become widespread in USA and Europe [3,11] . The efficacy of UNHS has also been demonstrated by the decrease in the age of diagnosis and age of hearing aid fitting since implementing newborn hearing screening [12][13][14][15] .…”

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Follow-Up Results of Newborns after Hearing Screening at a Training and Research Hospital in Turkey

Yilmazer

Yazici²,

Erdim³

et al. 2016

Int Adv Otol

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OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to present the follow-up results of newborns after universal newborn hearing screening at a Training and Research Hospital in İstanbul and to determine the ages of diagnosis, hearing aid fitting, and cochlear implantation in newborns with hearing loss. MATERIALS and METHODS:A total of 5985 newborns were screened between December 2009 and August 2011 using the transient evoked otoacoustic emission test as the first two steps and automated auditory brainstem response (ABR) test as the third step. Newborns who failed the screening tests were referred to a tertiary hospital for clinic ABR and were followed up at least for 2 years. RESULTS:Of 5985 newborns, 5116 (85.5%) completed the screening. Of 53 newborns who were referred to a tertiary hospital, 13 (0.25%) had a hearing impairment. The mean age of diagnosis, hearing aid fitting, and cochlear implantation were 6.1, 9.5, and 24.5 months, respectively. Among the risk factors for hearing impairment, neonatal intensive care (60%) and consanguineous marriage (50%) were the most common ones that were encountered. CONCLUSION:Our results were consistent with the national literature. Consanguineous marriage may be a risk factor for hearing impairment where it is commonly practiced because consanguineous marriage is significantly high in parents of deaf children. The ages of diagnosis and hearing aid fitting are still beyond the recommended ages by the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing.

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“…If hearing is lost, especially in the postnatal period or during infancy, it may have a huge impact on life, interfering with the acquisition of spoken language and social development. It is therefore important to detect any abnormalities at a very early age (1) . The detection of hearing loss at an early stage is vital to the child's development.…”

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Mri and High Resolution Ct in Congenital Hearing Loss

Alla

Lebda

Mohamed

et al. 2014

Zagazig University Medical Journal

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Purpose: The aim of this study is to assess the role of Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and high resolution CT (HRCT) in patients with congenital hearing loss. Patients and methods: Sixty patients who having congenital hearing loss (CHL) will be included in our study. Full history taking, clinical examination, Oto-laryngology examination and audiological evaluation tests, MRI and non-enhanced HRCT. Results :The results of this study cannot be analysed from an epidemiological point of view due to the absence of a comprehensive repeated investigation, but they illustrate and clearly justify the need to perform a standardized aetiological work-up. HRCT was superior in detection of bony landmarks of the temporal bones. These findings were the shape and orientation of the petro-temporal bones, the patency of the external auditory canal (bony atresia), associated tympanic cavity and ossicular chain anomaly. MRI of the both temporal bones were accurate in detection of abnormalities in the membranous labyrinth and inner ear malformations. The use of balanced-Fast Field Echo (b-FFE) series on the internal auditory canals to evaluate the cochlear nerve. Our MRI studies were unable to evaluate the condition of the middle ear and mastoid cavity, which appears as intermediate and bright signals seen in both T1-and T2-weighted images. However, HRCT clearly shows the condition of the bone cavity and bone marrow of the tympanic cavity, and the pneumatization of the mastoid process if present. Conclusion :Imaging plays an important role in diagnosis and work-up of patients with congenital hearing loss. There are a whole lot of etiologies, many of which have typical findings on HRCT and MRI, which help in differentiation of these causes and therefore guides the treating surgeon in further management. Both HRCT and MRI are complimentary to each other and should be judiciously used by the radiologist in diagnosing the various congenital malformations.

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Age at diagnosis of deaf babies: A retrospective analysis highlighting the advantage of newborn hearing screening

Cited by 36 publications

References 11 publications

Postural control, motor skills, and health-related quality of life in children with hearing impairment: a systematic review

Postural control, motor skills, and health-related quality of life in children with hearing impairment: a systematic review

Follow-Up Results of Newborns after Hearing Screening at a Training and Research Hospital in Turkey

Mri and High Resolution Ct in Congenital Hearing Loss

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