Referral rate and false-positive rates in a hearing screening program among high-risk newborns.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

More studies exploring referral rates and false-positive rates are needed to make hearing screening programs in newborns better and cost-effective. Our aim was to study the referral and false-positivity rates among high-risk newborns in our hearing screening program and to analyze the factors potentially associated with false-positive hearing screening test results.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was done among the newborns hospitalized at a university hospital from January 2009 to December 2014 that underwent hearing screening with a two-staged AABR screening protocol. Referral rates and false-positivity rates were calculated and possible risk factors for false-positivity were analyzed.

Results

4512 newborns were screened for hearing loss in the neonatology

SUBMITTER: Thangavelu K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10477105 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature