Bhattacharya J, Bennett M J, Tucker S M
Arch Dis Child. 1984 Jun;59(6):504-11. doi: 10.1136/adc.59.6.504.
The auditory response cradle is being used in a mass hearing screening project. Babies are assessed in the first week after birth by the fully automatic, microprocessor controlled cradle. The test, lasting from two to 10 minutes, compares physiological auditory responses to natural behaviour measured in control trials. More than 5000 babies have been tested and full follow up information at the age of 7 to 9 months is available from over two thirds of these. Less detailed information is available for 71% and 64% of those babies who have been followed up at 18 months and three years of age respectively. A total of 439 of 5553 neonates tested failed the first screening test. Eighty eight (1 X 6%) failed a second screening test while still in the maternity unit but 61 of these were subsequently shown to be normal, giving a false positive rate of 1 X 1%. The babies who failed the screening tests included 9 with sensorineural hearing loss, three with secretory otitis media, and three with abnormal auditory brain stem response tests. One child who passed the initial screening tests was found to have a moderately severe hearing loss at the age of 18 months.
听觉反应摇篮正用于一项大规模听力筛查项目。在出生后的第一周，使用全自动、微处理器控制的摇篮对婴儿进行评估。该测试持续两到十分钟，将生理听觉反应与对照试验中测量的自然行为进行比较。已经对5000多名婴儿进行了测试，其中三分之二以上的婴儿在7至9个月大时可获得完整的随访信息。分别在18个月和三岁时接受随访的婴儿中，71%和64%的婴儿可获得不太详细的信息。在接受测试的5553名新生儿中，共有439名首次筛查测试未通过。88名（1.6%）在仍在产科病房时第二次筛查测试未通过，但其中61名随后被证明是正常的，假阳性率为1.1%。筛查测试未通过的婴儿包括9名感音神经性听力损失、3名分泌性中耳炎和3名听觉脑干反应测试异常的婴儿。一名通过初始筛查测试的儿童在18个月大时被发现患有中度重度听力损失。
