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Referral rate and false-positive rates in a hearing screening program among high-risk newborns.
Thangavelu, Kruthika; Martakis, Kyriakos; Feldmann, Silke; Roth, Bernhard; Lang-Roth, Ruth.
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  • Thangavelu K; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043, Marburg, Germany. Kruthika.thangavelu@uk-gm.de.
  • Martakis K; Department of Pediatric Neurology, Social Pediatrics and Epileptology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and University Hospital Giessen, Feulgenstr. 10-12, 35392, Giessen, Germany.
  • Feldmann S; Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany.
  • Roth B; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany.
  • Lang-Roth R; Department of Neonatology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany.
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol ; 280(10): 4455-4465, 2023 Oct.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37154942
AIM: More studies exploring referral rates and false-positive rates are needed to make hearing screening programs in newborns better and cost-effective. Our aim was to study the referral and false-positivity rates among high-risk newborns in our hearing screening program and to analyze the factors potentially associated with false-positive hearing screening test results. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was done among the newborns hospitalized at a university hospital from January 2009 to December 2014 that underwent hearing screening with a two-staged AABR screening protocol. Referral rates and false-positivity rates were calculated and possible risk factors for false-positivity were analyzed. RESULTS: 4512 newborns were screened for hearing loss in the neonatology department. The referral rate for the two-staged AABR-only screening was 3.8% with false-positivity being 2.9%. Our study showed that the higher the birthweight or gestational age of the newborn, the lower the odds of the hearing screening results being false-positive, and the higher the chronological age of the infant at the time of screening, the higher the odds of the results being false-positive. Our study did not show a clear association between the mode of delivery or gender and false-positivity. CONCLUSION: Among high-risk infants, prematurity and low-birthweight increased the rate of false-positivity in the hearing screening, and the chronological age at the time of the test seems to be significantly associated with false-positivity.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limite: Humans / Infant / Newborn Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limite: Humans / Infant / Newborn Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article