Evaluation of the auditive screening stage in minors with risk factors
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Keywords
Auditive screening, Otoacoustic Emissions
Abstract
The results obtained in the first stage of the Early Detection of Deafness at Dr. Sótero del Rio Hospital during year 2004 are analyzed. A total of 224 cases are surveyed, evaluated at the ORL Service, in what refers to results obtained from the first evaluation with automatic transient otoacoustic emissions (EOAT), at the Neonatology Service, impedance exam and otoacoustic emissions as a result of clinical distortion (EOAPD). Also, the average time elapsed between the screening made in the maternity ward and the first clinical exam of otoacoustic emissions (EOA) is evaluated in 144 cases. The result obtained is that 22,8% of the minors evaluated in neonatology are derived for re- screening and 6% goes to diagnostic hearing study. In connection with the efficiency of the system, an average of 14 days elapses between the screening in maternity ward and the first clinical EOA.
