Auditory neuropathy in a low-risk population: a review of the literature.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
; 76(12): 1708-11, 2012 Dec.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22939591
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Collect all available published evidence on the prevalence of auditory neuropathy in the well baby population and calculate the contribution of this to the false negative rate of oto-acoustic emission based newborn hearing screening programs.METHOD:
PubMed and EMBASE were searched for relevant articles published between 1996 and 2010. Medical Subject Headings terms included 'Auditory disease', 'Prevalence' and 'Child' and their relevant synonyms. Included were original studies, which focused on well babies and reported the prevalence of auditory neuropathy.RESULTS:
Of 519 citations 4 articles met the inclusion criteria. The population based prevalence of auditory neuropathy in children in population hearing screening was found to vary between 0.006% (SD 0.006) and 0.03% (SD 0.02). The false negative rate, caused by missed children with auditory neuropathy, is between 4 and 17%.CONCLUSION:
The available information on the prevalence of auditory neuropathy in the well baby population is poor. However, if oto-acoustic emission screening is used in the first stage of a neonatal hearing screening program, children with auditory neuropathy are missed. The cost-effectiveness of population-based screening using auditory brainstem response should be studied.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem
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Neonatal Screening
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Hearing Loss, Central
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Limits:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Newborn
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Países Bajos