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Hearing Loss in Low-Birth-Weight Infants

Hearing Loss in Low-Birth-Weight Infants Abstract • The hearing of 98 perinatal intensive care survivors with a mean birth weight of 1,540 g was assessed at a mean age of 6½ years. They represented 73% of the long-term survivors with birth weights of 1,800 g or less who had been cared for in our neonatal unit during the three-year period 1971 through 1973. Nine of the 98 infants had sensorineural hearing loss, and 14 had exudative otitis media. During their neonatal period, the infants with hearing loss experienced more frequent apneic attacks, hyperbilirubinemia (serum bilirubin level, > 14 mg/dL), and hypothermia compared with their healthy counterparts. There was no evidence that the duration of stay in the incubator or the use of ototoxic drugs had affected the hearing of these low-birth-weight infants. (Am J Dis Child 1982;136:602-604) References 1. Campanelli PA, Pollock FJ, Henner R: An otoaudiological evaluation of 44 premature children . Arch Otolaryngol 1958;67:609-615.Crossref 2. Schaffer AJ, Avery ME: Hemolytic disease of the newborn , in Schaffer AJ, Avery ME (eds): Diseases of the Newborn , ed 3. Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co, 1971, pp 542-554. 3. Anagnostakis D, Petmezakis J, Messaritakis J, et al: Noise pollution in neonatal units: A potential health hazard . Acta Paediatr Scand 1980;69:771-773.Crossref 4. Chüdden H: Impedanz-Hörprüfung . Baltimore, Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1978. 5. Stennert E, Schulte PJ, Vollrath M: Incubator noise and hearing loss . Early Hum Dev 1977;1:113-115.Crossref 6. Abramovich SJ, Grecory S, Slemick M, et al: Hearing loss in very low birth weight infants treated with neonatal intensive care . Arch Dis Child 1979;54:421-426.Crossref 7. Johnsen S: Natal causes of perceptive deafness . Acta Otolaryngol 1952;42:51-63.Crossref 8. McDonald AD: Deafness in children of very low birth weight . Arch Dis Child 1964;39:272-277.Crossref 9. Fenwick JD: Neonatal jaundice as a cause of deafness . J Laryngol Otol 1975;89:925-932.Crossref 10. Brodersen R: Prevention of kernicterus, based on recent progress in bilirubin chemistry . Acta Paediatr Scand 1977;66:625-634.Crossref 11. Cashore WJ, Gartner LM, Oh W, et al: Clinical application of neonatal bilirubin-binding determination: Current status . J Pediatr 1978;83:827-833.Crossref 12. Stern L, Doray B, Chan G, et al: Bilirubin metabolism and the induction of kernicterus . Birth Defects 1976;12:255-263. 13. Candwick D: Noise and the ear , in Ballantine J, Groves J (eds): Scott Brown's Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat . Washington, DC, Butterworth Inc, 1971, vol 2, pp 475-593. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Diseases of Children American Medical Association

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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1982 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0002-922X
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10.1001/archpedi.1982.03970430034009
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Abstract

Abstract • The hearing of 98 perinatal intensive care survivors with a mean birth weight of 1,540 g was assessed at a mean age of 6½ years. They represented 73% of the long-term survivors with birth weights of 1,800 g or less who had been cared for in our neonatal unit during the three-year period 1971 through 1973. Nine of the 98 infants had sensorineural hearing loss, and 14 had exudative otitis media. During their neonatal period, the infants with hearing loss experienced more frequent apneic attacks, hyperbilirubinemia (serum bilirubin level, > 14 mg/dL), and hypothermia compared with their healthy counterparts. There was no evidence that the duration of stay in the incubator or the use of ototoxic drugs had affected the hearing of these low-birth-weight infants. (Am J Dis Child 1982;136:602-604) References 1. Campanelli PA, Pollock FJ, Henner R: An otoaudiological evaluation of 44 premature children . Arch Otolaryngol 1958;67:609-615.Crossref 2. Schaffer AJ, Avery ME: Hemolytic disease of the newborn , in Schaffer AJ, Avery ME (eds): Diseases of the Newborn , ed 3. Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co, 1971, pp 542-554. 3. Anagnostakis D, Petmezakis J, Messaritakis J, et al: Noise pollution in neonatal units: A potential health hazard . Acta Paediatr Scand 1980;69:771-773.Crossref 4. Chüdden H: Impedanz-Hörprüfung . Baltimore, Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1978. 5. Stennert E, Schulte PJ, Vollrath M: Incubator noise and hearing loss . Early Hum Dev 1977;1:113-115.Crossref 6. Abramovich SJ, Grecory S, Slemick M, et al: Hearing loss in very low birth weight infants treated with neonatal intensive care . Arch Dis Child 1979;54:421-426.Crossref 7. Johnsen S: Natal causes of perceptive deafness . Acta Otolaryngol 1952;42:51-63.Crossref 8. McDonald AD: Deafness in children of very low birth weight . Arch Dis Child 1964;39:272-277.Crossref 9. Fenwick JD: Neonatal jaundice as a cause of deafness . J Laryngol Otol 1975;89:925-932.Crossref 10. Brodersen R: Prevention of kernicterus, based on recent progress in bilirubin chemistry . Acta Paediatr Scand 1977;66:625-634.Crossref 11. Cashore WJ, Gartner LM, Oh W, et al: Clinical application of neonatal bilirubin-binding determination: Current status . J Pediatr 1978;83:827-833.Crossref 12. Stern L, Doray B, Chan G, et al: Bilirubin metabolism and the induction of kernicterus . Birth Defects 1976;12:255-263. 13. Candwick D: Noise and the ear , in Ballantine J, Groves J (eds): Scott Brown's Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat . Washington, DC, Butterworth Inc, 1971, vol 2, pp 475-593.

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American Journal of Diseases of ChildrenAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jul 1, 1982

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