Centralized Newborn Hearing Screening in Ernakulam, Kerala – Experience Over a Decade.
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2016-01
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A two-stage centralized newborn screening program was initiated in Cochin in January 2003. Infants are screened first with otoacoustic
emission (OAE). Infants who fail OAE on two occasions are screened with auditory brainstem response (ABR). All Neonatal intensive
care unit babies undergo ABR. This successful model subsequently got expanded to the whole district of Ernakulam, and some hospitals
in Kottayam and Thrissur districts. Over the past 11 years, 1,01,688 babies were screened. Permanent hearing loss was confirmed in 162
infants (1.6 per 1000). This practical model of centralized newborn hearing screening may be replicated in other districts of our country or
in other developing countries.
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Disability, Hearing loss, Neonate, Prevention, Universal newborn hearing screening
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Paul Abraham K. Centralized Newborn Hearing Screening in Ernakulam, Kerala – Experience Over a Decade. Indian Pediatrics. 2016 Jan; 53(1):15-17.