Tamiz auditivo neonatal en México: experiencia de un centro de atención de segundo nivel.

Gastelum Gámez, Williams; Mariscal Marín, Brisa; Celis Aguilar, Erika María; Hernández Castillo, Eugenia Nemiliztli; de la Mora Fernández, Alma Rosa

BACKGROUND: Congenital hearing loss constitutes the initial step in the Neonatal Hearing Screening and Early Intervention program (TANIT) in Mexico, it is considered a diagnostic challenge within the first months of life, where hearing plays a key role in future human development. OBJECTIVE: To know the degree of compliance with the goals for hearing screening of the TANIT, as well as the prevalence of risk factors in patients with absent otoacoustic emissions in Mexico. METHODOLOGY: Comprehensive review of primary literature on PubMed and Google Scholar as database platforms. The keywords used were: hearing loss, congenital hearing loss in Mexico, otoacoustic emissions, neonatal auditory screening, emitted evoked potentials, hearing loss screening in Mexico, from 1990 to 2023. The Mexican literature and population were reviewed with greater insistence. The most representative sources were included in the international category for global analysis. RESULTS: There were obtained 3960 evaluable results. Nowadays developing countries have a higher incidence of patients with deafness. Six thousand children with hearing loss are born in Mexico; however, more than 80% of patients are diagnosed after one year of age, so it is essential to achieve a timely neonatal screening by otoacoustic emissions. CONCLUSIONS: Achieving timely treatment of congenital hearing loss requires early diagnosis and achieving satisfactory coverage of hearing screening is still a great challenge for developing countries like Mexico.

MEXICO; OTOACOUSTIC emissions; NEWBORN screening; HEARING disorders; DEAF people; DISEASE risk factors

Anales de Otorrinolaringología Mexicana, 2024, Vol 69, Issue 4, p251

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Academic Journal

10.24245/aorl.v69i4.10033