Congenital Hearing Loss among Pre-term infants in North India


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Short Communication

Author :

Himanshu Kumar Sanju, Tushar Jain

Volume :

5

Issue :

4

Abstract :

Earlier investigations have reported congenital hearing loss in pre-term infants. Present study investigated hearing tests among pre-term infants to know the percentage of pre-term infants with hearing impairment. Two stage hearing assessment of pre-term infants showed congenital profound hearing loss in 16% of the infants. Present study showed the importance of TEOAE and ABR as efficient tool for hearing screening of high risk infants.

Keyword :

 Preterm, Infants, India, Hearing Loss.