[Assessment of transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) in preterm newborns with low birth weight]. / Badanie wplywu krótkiego czasu trwania ciazy i niskiej masy urodzeniowej noworodków na wystepowanie emisji otoakustycznej wywolanej trzaskiem (TEOAE).

Transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) is accepted as a good and universal test for screening of the cochlea function in newborns. This method is particularly useful in the newborn group with risk-factors of hearing losses. Early identification of the cochlear pathology gives possibility of supplying with hearing aid and rehabilitation. In this study 300 newborns were tested with TEOAE, especially patients whose birth weight was below 1500 g and were born preterm--below 33 hbd. The study did not indicate any tendency of changing TEOAE in newborns with hypotrophy. Hypotrophy does not seem to influence the cochlea function monitored by TEOAE analysis.