Dennis J M, Sheldon R, Toubas P, McCaffee M A
Am J Otol. 1984 Jan;5(3):201-5.
A protocol was designed to evaluate babies in neonatal intensive care units by means of the auditory brain stem response (ABR) audiometric technique during their hospitalization. This article presents the results obtained from 200 babies. Twenty-three infants failed the ABR test. Fifteen babies were followed. Ten of these infants had significant sensorineural hearing loss. Three had unilateral involvement and seven had bilateral impairment. The seven bilaterally affected infants were fitted with appropriate hearing aid amplification and enrolled in audiologic habilitation programs. Continued follow-up of these babies has confirmed the hearing loss diagnosis. These data estimate that 5 percent of babies in neonatal intensive care units have some degree of hearing loss. The findings encourage the use of the ABR technique as a means of identifying hearing loss in the neonatal intensive care unit population.
设计了一项方案，在新生儿重症监护病房住院期间，通过听性脑干反应（ABR）听力测定技术对婴儿进行评估。本文呈现了200名婴儿的评估结果。23名婴儿ABR测试未通过。对15名婴儿进行了跟踪随访。其中10名婴儿有明显的感音神经性听力损失。3名单侧受累，7名双侧受损。7名双侧受累婴儿佩戴了合适的助听器，并参加了听力康复项目。对这些婴儿的持续随访证实了听力损失的诊断。这些数据估计，新生儿重症监护病房中5%的婴儿有某种程度的听力损失。这些发现鼓励使用ABR技术作为识别新生儿重症监护病房人群听力损失的一种手段。
