Neonatal hearing screening - the Indian experience

Vaid, Neelam; Shanbhag, Jyoti; Nikam, Rajesh; Biswas, Anjali

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“…Of the total 2534 neonates screened by the two stage DPOAE hearing screening protocol and final confirmatory test with BERA at the age of three months, we could detect a total of seven neonates (2 per 1000) with hearing impairment. This was in agreement with the other studies which respectively stated that the average incidence of hearing impairment in neonates was 1.8-4.00 per 1000 [9][10][11][12][13]. However, one study from Cochin shows hearing loss in 10.3 per 1000 in high risk category [14].…”

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Neonatal Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP): At A Rural Based Tertiary Care Centre

Sharma

Mishra

Bhatt

et al. 2015

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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Deafness is the most common curable childhood handicap. It is a well recognised fact that unidentified hearing impairment can adversely affect optimal speech and language development and therefore academic, social and emotional development. Universal neonatal hearing screening programmes are implemented in many developed countries. However it is still in its early stage in India. The incidence of hearing impairment in India is 1-6 per thousand newborns screened (Paediatrics 19:155-165, 1998; Indian J Paediatr 74(6):545-549, 2007; Status of Disability in India, pp 172-185 2000). To determine the incidence of permanent hearing loss of moderate to evere variety in neonates taking care in a tertiary care rural based hospital in Gujarat. It was a non randomised observational study done for duration of 3 years. All neonates born in Shri Krishna Hospital underwent screening using two stage protocols with DPOAE test and final confirmation done with BERA. Total 2534 neonates were screened out of them 52 failed and 2482 (97.94 %) neonates passed in the 1st DPOAE test with 2.05 % refer rate. Total 7 (2 per 1000) neonates were detected with hearing impairment. 10 % neonates had one or other high risk factor. Out of high risk neonates, 1.8 % were diagnosed with hearing impairment in high risk group. Overall the follow-up rate was 72.7 %. Hospital based universal hearing screening of new born before discharge is feasible at a rural based tertiary care centre. Non specialist staff is invaluable in achieving a satisfactory referral rate with two stage hearing screening protocol. However, more efficacious tracking and follow up system is needed to improve the follow up rate for diagnosis.

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“…In the last 10 years, three studies based on universal neonatal studies are running in the country, one each in the north, south and west [11][12][13]. The study protocols have significant overlapping to ours.…”

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Neonatal Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP): At A Rural Based Tertiary Care Centre

Sharma

Mishra

Bhatt

et al. 2015

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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“…In a developing country like India, the risk of infants to develop these disabilities is obviously more [9,10]. In interventional programs, the Indian studies mostly cite the screening facilities available to newborns brought in to tertiary referral hospitals [11,12]. A hearing screening equipment facility in every hospital with a maternity unit today may not be a viable proposition.…”

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Early identification of hearing loss and centralized newborn hearing screening facility-the Cochin experience

Paul

2011

Indian Pediatr

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Significant hearing loss is one of the most common major abnormalities present at birth. If undetected, it will impede speech, language and cognitive development. Significant bilateral hearing loss is present in 1 to 3 per 1000 new born infants in the well-baby nursery population and in 2 to 4 per 100 infants in the intensive care unit population. It is an established fact that if hearing loss is present it should be detected and remediated before the baby is 6 months old. Neither universal screening nor a high risk screening, exists in majority of the hospitals in our country. In such a situation, a centralized facility catering to all hospitals in the city is a practical option. A two-stage screening protocol is projected, in which infants are screened first with otoacoustic emissions (OAE). Infants who fail the OAE are screened with auditory brainstem response (ABR). This two tier screening program (the second tier being ABR, which is more expensive) is required only for a selected few, making the program more practical and viable. It is the practicability of this program that makes it relevant for replication in other cities of the country, making it a model screening program for any developing country.

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Neonatal hearing screening - the Indian experience

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Neonatal Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP): At A Rural Based Tertiary Care Centre

Neonatal Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP): At A Rural Based Tertiary Care Centre

Early identification of hearing loss and centralized newborn hearing screening facility-the Cochin experience

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