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- Title
COVID-19 in the context of newborn hearing screening.
- Authors
Zimmermann, Fabiane; de Souza Fernandes, Jaqueline; Bortoluzzi Coelho, Julia; Camargo da Silva, Daniela Polo
- Abstract
Introduction: Gestational SARS-CoV-2 affects maternal and neonatal health. At birth, neonates are isolated and tested as recommended by the national health council. During this period, universal neonatal hearing screening is performed in the maternity ward, before hospital discharge, through examinations of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TOAE) and brainstem auditory evoked potential in automatic mode (BERA-a). Objective: To verify the results of newborn hearing screening of newborns born to SARS-CoV-2 positive mothers. Method: This is a cross-sectional, retrospective, analytical and descriptive study with data obtained from records from the speech therapy service of a public maternity hospital in southern Brazil. The study refers to newborns born to mothers diagnosed with Covid-19, confirmed by PCR-RTC, who underwent hearing screening between January 2022 and May 2022. Results: Of 2,593 newborns screened during the study period, 39 were children of mothers diagnosed with Covid-19. Of the 39 (1.50%) newborns who tested for Covid-19, 36 (92.30%) passed bilaterally and 3 (7.70%) failed TANU, with 2 neonates who failed in the left ear (LE) and 1 bilaterally. After the retest, 1 (2.56%) was referred for audiological diagnosis, as the left ear continued to fail. Conclusion: The TANU results demonstrate that the ante and perinatal presence of the maternal diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 in isolation does not suggest as an indicator of risk for hearing loss.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; NEWBORN screening; AUDITORY evoked response; AUDITORY neuropathy; HOSPITAL maternity services; OTOACOUSTIC emissions; COVID-19
- Publication
International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2022, Vol 26, p104
- ISSN
1809-9777
- Publication type
Abstract