AUDIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF NEONATES BORN AT A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN KASHMIR

DR WAQAR UL HAMID; DR OMAR MOHAMMAD SHAFI; DR ALEENA JALLU

Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2018

AUDIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF NEONATES BORN AT A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN KASHMIR

Dr Waqar Ul Hamid, Dr Omar Mohammad Shafi, Dr Aleena Jallu

Abstract :

Heå impairment is the most common form of sensory disorder in humans. Audiological profile of neonates born at a tertiary care centre in Kashmir was conducted to calculate the prevalence of heå impairment in the study population. Out of 1800 neonates 962 (53.4%) were females rest being males with a sex ratio of 1.15:1.On initial screening 91.2% (n=1642) of subjects had bilaterally present OAE (B/L PASS).First follow up screening was done in all the high risk infants (n=435) and those of not at risk who had absent OAE either bilaterally or unilaterally (n=112).The prevalence of heå loss in not at risk was 2.97 per 1000 and in high risk was 8.04 per 1000. The combined overall prevalence was found to be 4.07 per 1000.Impedance audiometry showed B/L A type with absent Acoustic reflexes in ipsilateral and contralateral side in infants with impaired heå on screening. ASSR also documented all these 7 infants to have B/L PSNHL.3 of them underwent cochlear implantation, 3 of them are using heå aids due to financial constraints while other one was last to follow