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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
DEVELOPMENT OF HEARING IN INFANTS FROM
NICU AND INTERMEDIATE CARE WARDS IN
BRAZIL
1
Child and Adolescent Health Program, School of Medical Sciences, University of
Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2
Eldorado Research Institute, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
3
Human Development and Rehabilitation Department, Child and Adolescent Health
Program, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo,
Brazil
A - Research concept and design; B - Collection and/or assembly of data; C - Data analysis and interpretation; D - Writing the article; E - Critical revision of the article; F - Final approval of article;
Publication date: 2017-09-30
Corresponding author
Karolina Pessote Sideri
Karolina Pessote Sideri, Child and Adolescent Health Program, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, e-mail: karolina.sideri91@gmail.com
Karolina Pessote Sideri, Child and Adolescent Health Program, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, e-mail: karolina.sideri91@gmail.com
J Hear Sci 2017;7(3):44-51
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
Background:
Unidentified hearing loss at birth can badly affect the linguistic, social, and educational development of children. National and international committees on infant hearing emphasize the importance of early identification of hearing loss, with follow-up and early intervention. The aim of this study was to analyze data on hearing development from a program following up exits from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and from neonatal intermediate care wards in Prof. Dr. Jose Aristodemo Pinotti Women’s Hospital in the Brazilian State of Sao Paulo.
Material and Methods:
This was a retrospective study based on records from a follow-up program. Data came from records collected from 2012 to 2015 on 88 subjects, and included the results of behavioral hearing tests, visual reinforcement audiometry and tympanometry. The data were descriptively and statistically analyzed.
Results:
Changes in the development of hearing abilities over the first two years of life in children that stayed at the NICU or the intermediate care ward for more than 48 hours were significant. However, late-onset or progressive hearing losses were not observed. There was no correlation between hearing development and specific risk indicators or with tympanometry.
Conclusions:
For the analyzed program, progressive or late-onset losses were not found, but there were major delays in the development of hearing abilities in the first two years of life for children from NICU and neonatal intermediate care wards.
Unidentified hearing loss at birth can badly affect the linguistic, social, and educational development of children. National and international committees on infant hearing emphasize the importance of early identification of hearing loss, with follow-up and early intervention. The aim of this study was to analyze data on hearing development from a program following up exits from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and from neonatal intermediate care wards in Prof. Dr. Jose Aristodemo Pinotti Women’s Hospital in the Brazilian State of Sao Paulo.
Material and Methods:
This was a retrospective study based on records from a follow-up program. Data came from records collected from 2012 to 2015 on 88 subjects, and included the results of behavioral hearing tests, visual reinforcement audiometry and tympanometry. The data were descriptively and statistically analyzed.
Results:
Changes in the development of hearing abilities over the first two years of life in children that stayed at the NICU or the intermediate care ward for more than 48 hours were significant. However, late-onset or progressive hearing losses were not observed. There was no correlation between hearing development and specific risk indicators or with tympanometry.
Conclusions:
For the analyzed program, progressive or late-onset losses were not found, but there were major delays in the development of hearing abilities in the first two years of life for children from NICU and neonatal intermediate care wards.
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