Volume : V, Issue : III, March - 2015

Hearing loss in the newborn infant

Dr Arvind Saili Md, Dr Savita Jha Md, Dr Babu Madarkarmd, Dnb

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Heå impairment in children is a serious hurdle against their optimal development. Heå–impaired infants may suffer from delayed development of speech, language and cognitive skills, resulting in learning disability at the school. Auditory development has a critical stage during the early childhood when it has to be nurtured. Adequate support has to be provide during this period to prevent the impairment of auditory neuropathway of children at a later developmental stage . Hence, early detection is very important element in providing appropriate support the heå–impaired babies that will help them enjoy equal opportunities in society . A two–stage screening protocol is often followed, in which otoacoustic emissions (OAE) is used to screen the babies .Those who fail the OAE are screened with auditory ainstem response (ABR). This two stage screening program (the second stage being ABR, which is costly ) is required only for minimal few children .Thus this method makes the program more practical .

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Dr Arvind Saili MD, Dr Savita Jha MD, Dr Babu MadarkarMD,DNB Hearing loss in the newborn infant Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 3 March 2015

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