A comparison of automated auditory brainstem responses and transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions for universal newborn hearing screening. 2006

Stavros G Korres, and Dimitrios G Balatsouras, and Chrysa Lyra, and Dimitrios Kandiloros, and Eleftherios Ferekidis
ENT Department of Athens National University, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the performance of automated auditory brainstem responses (a-ABR) and automated transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions (a-TEOAEs). METHODS A prospective, case-control study in a group of newborns was performed in a maternity hospital carrying out universal newborn hearing screening. Two groups of full-term newborns were examined. The first group included 50 newborns (100 ears) who underwent: 1) a-TEOAEs, 2) a-ABR, and 3) transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs). The second group consisted of the same number of newborns who underwent identical testing, but in a different order: 1) a-ABR, 2) a-TEOAEs, and 3) TEOAEs. All a-TEOAE and a-ABR testing was performed using the AccuScreen device and all standard TEOAE testing was performed using the ILO88. The pass-fail results of each method were recorded and compared. RESULTS a-ABR yielded lower referral rates than the otoacoustic emission tests, but the differences were not statistically significant. Comparison between the two groups of study showed higher "pass" rates in the second group, indicating an order effect. CONCLUSIONS Either method might be useful in universal newborn hearing screening. However, the lower referral rate obtained by a-ABR and its potential to recognize infants at risk for auditory neuropathy and central pathology should be considered.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008297 Male Males
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001300 Audiometry, Evoked Response A form of electrophysiologic audiometry in which an analog computer is included in the circuit to average out ongoing or spontaneous brain wave activity. A characteristic pattern of response to a sound stimulus may then become evident. Evoked response audiometry is known also as electric response audiometry. Audiometry, Electroencephalic Response,Electrocochleography,Evoked Response Audiometry,Audiometries, Electroencephalic Response,Audiometries, Evoked Response,Electrocochleographies,Electroencephalic Response Audiometries,Electroencephalic Response Audiometry,Evoked Response Audiometries,Response Audiometries, Electroencephalic,Response Audiometries, Evoked,Response Audiometry, Electroencephalic,Response Audiometry, Evoked
D012306 Risk The probability that an event will occur. It encompasses a variety of measures of the probability of a generally unfavorable outcome. Relative Risk,Relative Risks,Risk, Relative,Risks,Risks, Relative
D015997 Neonatal Screening The identification of selected parameters in newborn infants by various tests, examinations, or other procedures. Screening may be performed by clinical or laboratory measures. A screening test is designed to sort out healthy neonates (INFANT, NEWBORN) from those not well, but the screening test is not intended as a diagnostic device, rather instead as epidemiologic. Infant, Newborn, Screening,Newborn Infant Screening,Newborn Screening,Neonatal Screenings,Newborn Infant Screenings,Newborn Screenings,Screening, Neonatal,Screening, Newborn,Screening, Newborn Infant,Screenings, Neonatal,Screenings, Newborn,Screenings, Newborn Infant
D016057 Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem Electrical waves in the CEREBRAL CORTEX generated by BRAIN STEM structures in response to auditory click stimuli. These are found to be abnormal in many patients with CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE lesions, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, or other DEMYELINATING DISEASES. Acoustic Evoked Brain Stem Potentials,Auditory Brain Stem Evoked Responses,Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Potentials,Evoked Responses, Auditory, Brain Stem,Acoustic Evoked Brain Stem Potential,Acoustic Evoked Brainstem Potential,Acoustic Evoked Brainstem Potentials,Auditory Brain Stem Evoked Response,Auditory Brain Stem Response,Auditory Brain Stem Responses,Auditory Brainstem Evoked Response,Auditory Brainstem Evoked Responses,Auditory Brainstem Responses,Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Potential,Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential,Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials,Evoked Potential, Auditory, Brainstem,Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brainstem,Evoked Response, Auditory, Brain Stem,Evoked Response, Auditory, Brainstem,Evoked Responses, Auditory, Brainstem,Auditory Brainstem Response,Brainstem Response, Auditory,Brainstem Responses, Auditory,Response, Auditory Brainstem,Responses, Auditory Brainstem
D017084 Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous Self-generated faint acoustic signals from the inner ear (COCHLEA) without external stimulation. These faint signals can be recorded in the EAR CANAL and are indications of active OUTER AUDITORY HAIR CELLS. Spontaneous otoacoustic emissions are found in all classes of land vertebrates. Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emissions,Otoacoustic Emission, Spontaneous,Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emission
D034381 Hearing Loss A general term for the complete or partial loss of the ability to hear from one or both ears. Deafness, Transitory,Hearing Impairment,Hearing Loss, Transitory,Hypoacusis,Transitory Hearing Loss,Deafnesses, Transitory,Hypoacuses,Loss, Hearing,Loss, Transitory Hearing,Transitory Deafness,Transitory Deafnesses,Transitory Hearing Losses

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