Amirozi, Ahmad
(2008)
A study of outcome of newborn hearing
screening programme in HUSM from
Januari 2003 to December 2007.
Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Abstract
Universal newborn hearing screening has been started in HUSM since January 2003. The
effectiveness and the challenges of the programme need to be evaluated. This
retrospective study aims to determine the outcome of the newborn hearing screening in
HUSM from January 2003 to December 2007. All infants who were delivered in HUSM
were screened for hearing impairment with portable distortion product otoacoustic
emission (DPOAE) before discharge. When they failed the initial screening, a second
screening with DPOAE was arranged in 6 weeks. When these newborns failed the second
screening, an audiologist performed a diagnostic auditory brainstem response (ABR) test
to confirm the hearing loss. In this study, the data of 16,1 00 newborns were traced from
the newborn hearing screening record. The data such as sex, race, age, results of the first,
second and third screening were analyzed with SPSS 16.0. The study showed that the
coverage of the UNHS was 98%. The prevalence of hearing impairment was 0.09%. The
prevalence of initial screening refer rate was 25.5%. The prevalence of defaulters in
second and third screening was 33.9% and 40.7% respectively. The age of detection of
hearing impairment was 3.31 months (S.D. 0.86). The age of hearing aid fitting was
13.57 months (S.D.4.82).
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
