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Gellrich D, Gröger M, Echternach M, Eder K, Huber P. Neonatal hearing screening - does failure in TEOAE screening matter when the AABR test is passed? Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2024; 281:1273-1283. [PMID: 37831131 PMCID: PMC10857952 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-023-08250-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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PURPOSE Newborns who fail the transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) but pass the automatic auditory brainstem response (AABR) in universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS), frequently have no further diagnostic test or follow-up. The present study aimed to investigate whether hearing loss might be missed by ignoring neonatal TEOAE failure in the presence of normal AABR. METHODS A retrospective analysis was conducted in newborns presenting between 2017 and 2021 to a tertiary referral centre due to failure in the initial UNHS. The main focus was on infants who failed TEOAE tests, but passed AABR screening. The clinical characteristics and audiometric outcomes were analysed and compared with those of other neonates. RESULTS Among 1,095 referred newborns, 253 (23%) failed TEOAE despite passing AABR screening. Of the 253 affected infants, 154 returned for follow-up. At 1-year follow-up, 46 (28%) achieved normal audiometric results. 32 (21%) infants had permanent hearing loss (HL) confirmed by diagnostic ABR, 58 (38%) infants had HL solely due to middle ear effusion (MEE), and for 18 (12%) infants HL was suspected without further differentiation. The majority of permanent HL was mild (78% mild vs. 13% moderate vs. 9% profound). The rate of spontaneous MEE clearance was rather low (29%) leading to early surgical intervention in 36 children. The profile of the risk factors for hearing impairment was similar to that of newborns with failure in both, TEOAE and AABR; however, there was a stronger association between the presence of risk factors and the incidence of HL (relative risk 1.55 vs. 1.06; odds ratio 3.61 vs. 1.80). CONCLUSION In newborns, the discordance between a "refer" in TEOAE and a "pass" in AABR screening is associated with a substantial prevalence of hearing impairment at follow-up, especially in the presence of risk factors.
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- Donata Gellrich
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU), Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU), Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU), Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU), Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany
- Department of Pediatric Audiology, Kbo-Kinderzentrum München Gemeinnützige GmbH, Heiglhofstr. 65, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU), Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany
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Srivastava I, Kalaiah MK, Roushan R, Shastri U, Kumar K. The effect of coffee on contralateral suppression of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions. F1000Res 2023; 11:878. [PMID: 37841827 PMCID: PMC10568215 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.122851.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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Background: Coffee is a popular non-alcoholic beverage consumed by humans across the world. It contains caffeine, which is a type of stimulant of the central nervous system. In the auditory system, it has a positive effect on auditory brainstem response and perception of speech in noise. Further, caffeine has an inhibitory effect in the cochlea, but studies have rarely investigated its effect on otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) in humans. OAEs are low-intensity sounds produced by the cochlea, which could be recorded in the ear canal. The present study was carried out to investigate the effect of coffee on transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) and contralateral suppression of TEOAE. Method: A total of 52 young adults participated in the study. A cross-over study design was used for the present investigation. The TEOAE and contralateral suppression of TEOAE were recorded before and after consumption of coffee and milk. The contralateral suppression of TEOAE was measured by presenting white noise to the contralateral ear at 40, 50, and 60 dB sound pressure level (SPL). Results: The mean amplitude of TEOAE before and after consumption of coffee was similar in both ears. Further, the mean contralateral suppression of TEOAE was slightly larger after consumption of coffee in both ears. However, the mean difference was not significant in both the ears. Conclusions: Based on the findings of present study, coffee has no significant effect on the amplitude of TEOAE and contralateral suppression of TEOAE.
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- Ishaan Srivastava
- Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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Mahajan A, Manhas M, Kalsotra P, Kalsotra G, Gul N. A Prospective Study of Audiological Manifestations in Patients of Allergic Rhinitis. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2022; 74:1256-1261. [PMID: 36452663 PMCID: PMC9701995 DOI: 10.1007/s12070-020-02343-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Allergic rhinitis is a type-I hypersensitivity reaction of the nasal mucosa, primarily mediated by immunoglobulin E (IgE) with complex etiological factors.Allergic rhinitis may involve the inner ear. The scientific basis for this is poorly understood. However, the inner ear has been found to demonstrate both cellular and humoral immunity, and the seat of immuno-activity appears to reside in the endolymphatic sac and duct. To assess the audiological profile of patients with allergic rhinitis. 100 Study group patients and 50 control group subjects underwent detailed audiological assessment. Present study revealed high frequency sensorineural hearing loss with prolongation of Wave I and shortened wave I-III and Wave I-V interpeak latencies on ABR and abnormal DPOAE findings, compared with controls which indicate inner ear involvement (cochlear pathology). Individuals with allergic rhinitis are more prone to hearing abnormalities which can be detected even before any symptoms of hearing impairment are present. However, the exact pathophysiology of inner ear damage in patients of airway allergy is poorly understood and therefore, additional studies in this area are required with a larger sample population to assess the benefits of hearing assessment in patients of allergic rhinitis for early detection of hearing loss.
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- Akriti Mahajan
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and H&N Surgery, GMC Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and H&N Surgery, GMC Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and H&N Surgery, GMC Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and H&N Surgery, GMC Jammu, Jammu, India
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Zimatore G, Cavagnaro M, Skarzynski PH, Hatzopoulos S. Detection of hearing losses (HL) via transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions: towards an automatic classification. Biomed Phys Eng Express 2022; 8. [PMID: 35724632 DOI: 10.1088/2057-1976/ac7a5e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) are routinely used in the hearing assessment of the auditory periphery. The major contribution of TEOAEs is the early detection of hearing losses in neonates, children, and adults. The evaluation of TEOAE responses by specific signal decomposition techniques offers numerous advantages for current and future research. One methodology, based on recurrence quantification analysis (RQA), can identify adult subjects presenting sensorineural hearing impairments. In two previous papers, the RQA-based approach was succesfully applied in identifying and classifying cases presenting noise and age related hearing losses. The current work investigates further two aspects of the previously proposed RQA-based analysis for hearing loss detection: (i) the reliability of a Training set built from different numbers of ears with normal hearing, and (ii) the threshold set of values of the key hearing loss detecting parameter RAD2D. Results: The Training set built from 158 healthy ears was found to be quite reliable and a similar but slightly minor performance was observed for the training set of 118 normal subjects, used in the past; the proposed ROC-curve method, optimizing the values of RAD2D, shows improved sensibility and specificity in one class discrimination. Conclusions: A complete and simplified procedure, based on the combined use of the traditional TEOAE reproducibility value and on values from the RQA-based RAD2D parameter, is proposed as an improved automatic classifier, in terms of sensitivity and specificity, for different types of hearing losses.
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- Giovanna Zimatore
- Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences Applied Physics, eCampus University, Via Isimbardi 10, Roma, Novedrate, 22060, ITALY
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- Department of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, University of Rome La Sapienza, via Eudossiana 18, Rome, Lazio, 00185, ITALY
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- Department of Heart Failure and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Medical University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 61, Warszawa, Mazowieckie, 02-091, POLAND
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- Clinic of Audiology & ENT, University of Ferrara, Via Aldo Moro 8, Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, 44121, ITALY
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Yıldız E. Response to "Letter to the Editor" by Kalcioglu et al. "Comparison of pure tone audiometry thresholds and transient evoked otoacoustic emissions ( TEOAE) of patients with and without Covid-19 pneumonia". Am J Otolaryngol 2022; 43:103464. [PMID: 35428531 PMCID: PMC8994866 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2022.103464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Yıldız E. Comparison of pure tone audiometry thresholds and transient evoked otoacoustic emissions ( TEOAE) of patients with and without Covid-19 pneumonia. Am J Otolaryngol 2022; 43:103377. [PMID: 35121526 PMCID: PMC8800161 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2022.103377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Objective COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the new coronavirus that starts similar to an upper respiratory tract infection and causes death by causing pneumonia and vasculopathy. Many viral infections are known to cause hearing loss. In this study, pure-tone audiometry (PTA) thresholds and Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions (TEOAE) results were compared across patients with COVID-19 disease and COVID-19 pneumonia, and control group patients. Methods The study included 240 patients in the age range of 18–50 years. The patients were divided into three groups of 80 patients as the control (no disease), COVID-19 (nonpneumonia), Covid-19 (pneumonia) groups. PTA and TEOAE tests were performed on the control group patients and the results were recorded. PTA and TEOAE tests were performed in the COVID-19 groups in the first and third months after the infection ended. Each test was performed twice; the results were recorded, and the mean of the two results was calculated. Results PTA results and TEOAE amplitudes in the first and third months were not significantly different between the COVID-19 non-pneumonia group and the control group (p > 0.05), between the COVID-19 pneumonia group and the control group (p > 0.05), and between the COVID-19 non-pneumonia group and the COVID-19 pneumonia group (p > 0.05). Conclusions Despite minimal impairment and minimal amplitude decreases in patients, who recovered from COVID-19, such changes were found to become restored in the third month. Furthermore, no significant changes were observed to indicate COVID-19- associated hearing loss.
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- Erkan Yıldız
- Department of Otolaryngology, Afyonkarahisar Şuhut State Hospital, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
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Blanař V, Škvrňáková J, Pellant A, Vodička J, Praisler J, Boháčová E, Dršata J, Šenkeřík M, Chrobok V. Effectiveness of Neonatal Hearing Screening System: A 12-Year Single Centre Study in the Czech Republic. J Pediatr Nurs 2021; 59:e32-e37. [PMID: 33551192 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2021.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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PURPOSE The study aims to evaluate the number of examined newborns and the results of screening for twelve years (2008-2019) and to assess the effectiveness of the established system of neonatal hearing screening. DESIGN AND METHODS The study was designed as a retrospective longitudinal data analysis. The data included all the children (19,043) born in the hospital and also children (74) transferred from other healthcare facilities. A total of 19,117 children were included in the research group. RESULTS In the first three years, a higher number of children did not pass the hearing screening, which was followed by a declining trend in the following years. After the first year of screening (2008), there was an improvement in diagnosis linked with a decrease in false-positive screening results (from 9.4% to 6.4%; p = 0.002). From 2008 to 2015, the ratio of children with positive screening to those with negative screening had a steady or declining trend. CONCLUSIONS The results showed a reduction in false-positive results after the first year of the screening program, probably due to improved care management and a gradual increase in the skills of the nurses performing the screening. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS The cornerstones of neonatal hearing screening are a sufficient number of trained neonatology nurses, their mutual substitutability and the availability of a hearing screening device in the newborn ward every day. The results imply the importance of periodic evaluation of the obtained data, enabling early detection of possible deficiencies in the hearing screening system.
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- Vít Blanař
- Faculty of Health Studies, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech Republic; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Pardubice Hospital, Hospitals of the Pardubice Region, Czech Republic.
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- Faculty of Health Studies, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech Republic; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Pardubice Hospital, Hospitals of the Pardubice Region, Czech Republic.
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- Faculty of Health Studies, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech Republic; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Pardubice Hospital, Hospitals of the Pardubice Region, Czech Republic.
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- Faculty of Health Studies, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech Republic; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Pardubice Hospital, Hospitals of the Pardubice Region, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Pardubice Hospital, Hospitals of the Pardubice Region, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Pardubice Hospital, Hospitals of the Pardubice Region, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Paediatrics, Pardubice Hospital, Hospitals of the Pardubice Region, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
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Pilka E, Jedrzejczak WW, Kochanek K, Pastucha M, Skarzynski H. Assessment of the Hearing Status of School-Age Children from Rural and Urban Areas of Mid-Eastern Poland. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18:4299. [PMID: 33919574 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18084299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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(1) Background: The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of hearing loss in school-age children from rural and urban areas of mid-eastern Poland using standard audiological tests-pure tone audiometry (PTA), impedance audiometry (IA), and otoacoustic emissions (OAEs). (2) Methods: Data were collected from a group of 250 children aged 8 to 13, made up of 122 children from urban areas and 128 children from rural areas of mid-eastern Poland. Hearing was assessed in each of the subjects by means of PTA, IA (tympanometry), and transient-evoked OAEs (TEOAEs). Otoscopy was also performed. (3) Results: There were significantly fewer abnormal results in children from urban than rural areas: they were, respectively, 10.1% and 23.1% for IA, 3% and 9.7% for PTA, and 17.3% and 31.8% for TEOAEs. For hearing-impaired ears in rural areas (failed TEOAE), hearing thresholds were, on average, 11.5 dB higher at 0.5 kHz than for children in urban areas. Comparison of each PTA result with the corresponding IA showed that all cases of hearing loss were related to malfunction of the middle ear. (4) Conclusions: The results of all three hearing tests were significantly worse in children from rural areas compared to those from urban areas. This indicates that audiological healthcare in rural areas needs improvement and that universal hearing screening programs for school-age children would be helpful.
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Jedrzejczak WW, Milner R, Olszewski L, Skarzynski H. Heightened visual attention does not affect inner ear function as measured by otoacoustic emissions. PeerJ 2017; 5:e4199. [PMID: 29302404 PMCID: PMC5742277 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Previous research has indicated that inner ear function might be modulated by visual attention, although the results have not been totally conclusive. Conceivably, modulation of hearing might occur due to stimulation of the cochlea via descending medial olivocochlear (MOC) neurons. The aim of the present study was to test whether increased visual attention caused corresponding changes in inner ear function, which was measured by the strength of otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) recorded from the ear canal in response to a steady train of clicks. To manipulate attention, we asked subjects to attend to, or ignore, visual stimuli delivered according to an odd-ball paradigm. The subjects were presented with two types of visual stimuli: standard and deviant (20% of all stimuli, randomly presented). During a passive part of the experiment, subjects had to just observe a pattern of squares on a computer screen. In an active condition, the subject's task was to silently count the occasional inverted (deviant) pattern on the screen. At all times, visual evoked potentials (VEPs) were used to objectively gauge the subject's state of attention, and OAEs in response to clicks (transiently evoked OAEs, TEOAEs) were used to gauge inner ear function. As a test of descending neural activity, TEOAE levels were evaluated with and without contralateral acoustic stimulation (CAS) by broadband noise, a paradigm known to activate the MOC pathway. Our results showed that the recorded VEPs were, as expected, a good measure of visual attention, but even when attention levels changed there was no corresponding change in TEOAE levels. We conclude that visual attention does not significantly affect inner ear function.
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- W. Wiktor Jedrzejczak
- Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland
- World Hearing Center, Kajetany, Poland
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland
- World Hearing Center, Kajetany, Poland
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland
- World Hearing Center, Kajetany, Poland
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland
- World Hearing Center, Kajetany, Poland
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Dejaco D, Aregger FC, Hurth HV, Kegele J, Muigg V, Oberhammer L, Bunk S, Fischer N, Pinggera L, Riedl D, Otieno A, Agbenyega T, Adegnika AA, Riechelmann H, Lackner P, Zorowka P, Kremsner P, Schmutzhard J. Evaluation of transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions in a healthy 1 to 10 year pediatric cohort in Sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2017; 101:65-69. [PMID: 28964312 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Revised: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) monitor cochlear function. High pass rates have been reported for industrialized countries. Pass rates in low and middle income countries such as Sub-Saharan Africa are rare, essentially lower and available for children up to 4 years of age and frequently based on hospital recruitments. This study aims at providing additional TEOAE pass rates of a healthy Sub-Saharan cohort aged 1-10 years with data from Gabon, Ghana and Kenya. Potentially confounding factors (recruitment site, age) are taken into consideration. METHODS Healthy children were recruited in hospitals, schools and kindergartens. Inclusion criteria were age 1-10 years and normal otoscopic findings. Exclusion criteria were any sickness or physical ailment potentially impairing the hearing capacity. Five measurements per ear were performed with Capella Cochlear Emission Analyzer (MADSEN, Germany). An overall wave reproducibility of above 60% served as pass-criterion. Pass rates were compared between recruitment sites and age groups (1-5 and 6-10 years). RESULTS Overall pass rate was 87.5% (n = 264; 231 passes vs. 33 fails). Of these 84.0% of hospital recruited children passed (n = 156; 131 passes vs. 25 fails), compared to 92.6% of community recruitments (n = 108; 100 passes vs. 8 fails), which was significantly different p = 0.039). If analyzed by age groups, this difference was only observed in children younger than 6 years (p = 0.007). CONCLUSION Hospitals as recruitment sites for healthy controls seem to affect TEOAE pass rates. We advise for a cautious approach when recruiting healthy TEOAE control collectives under the age of 6 in a hospital setting. In children older than 6 years conventional pure-tone audiometry remains the standard method for hearing screening.
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- Daniel Dejaco
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, NICU, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, NICU, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, NICU, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, NICU, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, NICU, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Center for Clinical Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
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- Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital & Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology l, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Albert Schweitzer Hospital (CERMEL), Lambaréné, Gabon; Institut für Tropenmedizin, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, NICU, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Hearing, Speech and Voice Disorders, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Albert Schweitzer Hospital (CERMEL), Lambaréné, Gabon; Institut für Tropenmedizin, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Jedrzejczak WW, Kochanek K, Pilka E, Skarzynski H. Spontaneous otoacoustic emissions in schoolchildren. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2016; 89:67-71. [PMID: 27619031 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2016.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Spontaneous otoacoustic emissions (SOAEs) are one of the least studied types of otoacoustic emissions (OAEs). The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to determine the prevalence of SOAEs in schoolchildren, and second to test whether there was dependence between the presence or absence of SOAEs in a subject and the corresponding level of their transiently evoked OAEs (TEOAEs). METHODS Measurements were made on a group of normally hearing children of age 7-13 years. A technique which detects synchronized SOAEs (SSOAEs) was used in which the response to repetitive clicks (12.5/s) was analyzed in the 60-80 ms time window following each click. The matching pursuit method was used to detect SSOAEs components above the noise in this window. For comparison, TEOAEs evoked by clicks (40/s) were obtained using the standard nonlinear protocol (20 ms time window). RESULTS The prevalence of SOAEs was 37%, and higher in females and right ears. There was an average of 2.3 SOAEs per emitting ear. TEOAE levels were higher for ears that had SOAEs and were lower for ears that did not have any SOAEs. CONCLUSION Although not all normal human have SOAEs, they appear to reflect an important aspect of cochlear function. Their presence is strongly related to elevated levels of TEOAEs which are routinely used in audiological tests.
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- W Wiktor Jedrzejczak
- Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, ul. M. Mochnackiego 10, 02-042 Warsaw, Poland; World Hearing Center, ul. Mokra 17, Kajetany, 05-830 Nadarzyn, Poland.
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, ul. M. Mochnackiego 10, 02-042 Warsaw, Poland; World Hearing Center, ul. Mokra 17, Kajetany, 05-830 Nadarzyn, Poland
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, ul. M. Mochnackiego 10, 02-042 Warsaw, Poland; World Hearing Center, ul. Mokra 17, Kajetany, 05-830 Nadarzyn, Poland
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, ul. M. Mochnackiego 10, 02-042 Warsaw, Poland; World Hearing Center, ul. Mokra 17, Kajetany, 05-830 Nadarzyn, Poland
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Berezina-Greene MA, Guinan JJ. Stimulus Frequency Otoacoustic Emission Delays and Generating Mechanisms in Guinea Pigs, Chinchillas, and Simulations. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2015; 16:679-94. [PMID: 26373935 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-015-0543-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2015] [Accepted: 08/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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According to coherent reflection theory (CRT), stimulus frequency otoacoustic emissions (SFOAEs) arise from cochlear irregularities coherently reflecting energy from basilar membrane motion within the traveling-wave peak. This reflected energy arrives in the ear canal predominantly with a single delay at each frequency. However, data from humans and animals indicate that (1) SFOAEs can have multiple delay components, (2) low-frequency SFOAE delays are too short to be accounted for by CRT, and (3) "SFOAEs" obtained with a 2nd ("suppressor") tone ≥2 octaves above the probe tone have been interpreted as arising from the area basal to the region of cochlear amplification. To explore these issues, we collected SFOAEs by the suppression method in guinea pigs and time-frequency analyzed these data, simulated SFOAEs, and published chinchilla SFOAEs. Time-frequency analysis revealed that most frequencies showed only one SFOAE delay component while other frequencies had multiple components including some with short delays. We found no systematic patterns in the occurrence of multiple delay components. Using a cochlear model that had significant basilar membrane motion only in the peak region of the traveling wave, simulated SFOAEs had single and multiple delay components similar to the animal SFOAEs. This result indicates that multiple components (including ones with short delays) can originate from cochlear mechanical irregularities in the SFOAE peak region and are not necessarily indicative of SFOAE sources in regions ≥2 octaves basal of the SFOAE peak region. We conclude that SFOAEs obtained with suppressors close to the probe frequency provide information primarily about the mechanical response in the region that receives amplification, and we attribute the too-short SFOAE delays at low frequencies to distortion-source SFOAEs and coherent reflection from multiple cochlear motions. Our findings suggest that CRT needs revision to include reflections from multiple motions in the cochlear apex.
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- Maria A Berezina-Greene
- Eaton-Peabody Lab, Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles St, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. .,Harvard-MIT HST Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology Program, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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- Eaton-Peabody Lab, Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles St, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. .,Harvard-MIT HST Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology Program, Cambridge, MA, USA. .,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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BACKGROUND Otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) are currently widely used in newborn hearing screening programs. OAEs evoked by transients (TEOAEs) in newborns are usually characterized by large response levels at higher frequencies but lower frequencies are affected by physiological noise. The purpose of the present study was to acquire responses at lower frequencies by measuring OAEs evoked by 0.5kHz tone bursts (TBOAEs). METHODS Otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) were recorded from 49 newborns. Measurements were made using the ILO 292 equipment from Otodynamics. In each ear, three measurements were made: first with a standard click stimulus at 80dB pSPL (CEOAEs), a second using a 0.5kHz tone burst at 80dB pSPL (TBOAEs), and a third recording of spontaneous OAEs (SOAEs). Global and half-octave-band values of OAE signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and response level were used to assess statistical differences between CEOAEs and 0.5kHz TBOAEs. Additionally, time-frequency (TF) analysis of signals was performed using the matching pursuit method. RESULTS Global levels were highest for CEOAEs. However, at low frequencies (0.7-1kHz), 0.5kHz TBOAEs had significantly higher levels and SNRs than CEOAEs. At these frequencies, SNRs of CEOAEs were usually below 0dB. At 0.5kHz there were no statistically significant differences between CEOAEs and TBOAEs. In ears with recordable SOAEs, CEOAEs and TBOAEs had higher levels and SNRs than in ears without SOAEs. CONCLUSIONS Use of 0.5kHz TBOAEs may be a useful addition to standard CEOAE tests in newborns. They provide information about lower frequencies, a region where CEOAEs are usually prone to noise. The presence of SOAEs affects the magnitudes of both CEOAEs and TBOAEs.
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Martines F, Ballacchino A, Sireci F, Mucia M, La Mattina E, Rizzo S, Salvago P. Audiologic profile of OSAS and simple snoring patients: the effect of chronic nocturnal intermittent hypoxia on auditory function. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2015; 273:1419-24. [PMID: 26164293 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-015-3714-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2015] [Accepted: 07/03/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The objective of this work was to study the effect of nocturnal intermittent hypoxia on auditory function of simple snoring patients and subjects affected by OSAS; we compared the audiologic profile with the severity of OSAS to detect early signs of cochlear damage. One hundred-sixty patients underwent overnight polysomnography, micro-otoscopy, multi-frequency audiometry, acufenometry, TEOAE recording and d-ROMs test. All subjects were divided in four groups, based on presence/absence of AHI (simple snoring without OSAS, mild OSAS, moderate OSAS, severe OSAS). Sixty (37.5 %) patients were not affected by OSAS, 58 (36.25 %) presented a mild OSAS, 18 (11.25 %) a moderate OSAS and 24 (15 %) a severe OSAS; the 57.14 % of moderate to severe OSAS suffered from tinnitus with respect to the 31.03 % of mild OSAS (P = 0.024). A higher percentage (41.66 %) of hearing loss was found among individuals with moderate to severe degree of OSAS (P < 0.0001). All groups were characterized by a mean hearing threshold <25 dB HL for 0.25-3 kHz frequencies and a progressive decrease in hearing sensitivity, particularly for 6-16 kHz frequencies (P < 0.05). The analysis of otoacoustic emissions SNR mean values evidenced a significant difference between simple snoring and severe OSAS individuals for 3 and 4 kHz frequencies (P < 0.05). d-ROM levels resulted higher in patients with severe OSAS with respect to simple snoring subjects (P = 0.004). Our data underline the key role of chronic nocturnal intermittent hypoxia in the development of an early cochlear damage and a more marked high-frequency hearing loss in case of severe OSAS (P < 0.05).
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- Francesco Martines
- Dipartimento di Biomedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze Cliniche, (BioNeC), Sezione di Otorinolaringoiatria, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via del Vespro, 129-90127, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biopatologia e Biotecnologie Mediche e Forensi (Di.Bi.Me.F.), Sezione di Audiologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via del Vespro, 129-90127, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze Cliniche, (BioNeC), Sezione di Otorinolaringoiatria, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via del Vespro, 129-90127, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze Cliniche, (BioNeC), Sezione di Otorinolaringoiatria, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via del Vespro, 129-90127, Palermo, Italy
- Dipartimento di Biopatologia e Biotecnologie Mediche e Forensi (Di.Bi.Me.F.), Sezione di Audiologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via del Vespro, 129-90127, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biopatologia e Biotecnologie Mediche e Forensi (Di.Bi.Me.F.), Sezione di Audiologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via del Vespro, 129-90127, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biopatologia e Biotecnologie Mediche e Forensi (Di.Bi.Me.F.), Sezione di Audiologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via del Vespro, 129-90127, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze Cliniche, (BioNeC), Sezione di Otorinolaringoiatria, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via del Vespro, 129-90127, Palermo, Italy.
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In 2009 many countries of the world met to discuss newborn and infant hearing screening current issues and guiding principles for action under World Health Organization (WHO) banner, though most of the countries who had begun this work as universal program or high risk screen do not have exact data and protocol. The developing countries also decided to become part of it and common guideline was proposed. India being part of it included hearing screening as one of the 30 diseases to be screened under Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK). This article discusses all these issues of newborn hearing screening in the world and India.
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- Vishwambhar Singh
- Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat, Rajendra Institute of Medical Science, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
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SOI D, BRAMBILLA D, COMIOTTO E, DI BERARDINO F, FILIPPONI E, SOCCI M, SPREAFICO E, FORTI S, CESARANI A. Effect of eye lateralization on contralateral suppression of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital 2012; 32:170-4. [PMID: 22767982 PMCID: PMC3385053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2011] [Accepted: 12/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Several studies have previously demonstrated that postural changes modify evoked otoacoustic emission. In order to evaluate a possible interaction between eye muscles and ciliated cells in the inner ear, we studied the effects of eye lateralization on the contralateral suppression of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs). Thirty-eight normal hearing subjects with TEOAEs were recruited. Their TEAOEs at threshold level were recorded with contralateral suppression (white noise) via straight ahead fixation and right or left lateral fixation. Eye lateralization in the same direction of the white noise significantly decreased the suppression at 4 kHz (p = 0.003). The signal-to-noise ratio in the suppression condition with straight ahead was 1.54 (± 4.610) dB, while the ratio was 3.48 (± 4.631) dB in the suppression condition with gaze toward the white noise. Eye lateralization seems to reduce the contralateral suppression effect of TEOAEs at 4 kHz. However, further studies are necessary to investigate the possible mechanisms of this phenomenon.
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- D. SOI
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche Specialistiche, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Audiology Unit, IRCCS "Eugenio Medea", Bosisio Parini (LC), Italy
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- Audiology Unit, IRCCS "Eugenio Medea", Bosisio Parini (LC), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche Specialistiche, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Audiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche Specialistiche, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Audiology Unit, IRCCS "Eugenio Medea", Bosisio Parini (LC), Italy
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- Audiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy,Address for correspondence: Stella Forti, Audiology Unit, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, via Pace 9, 20122 Milan, Italy. Tel. +39 02 55034055. Fax +39 02 50320756. E-mail:
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche Specialistiche, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy;, Audiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Naeimi M, Maamouri G, Boskabadi H, Golparvar S, Taleh M, Esmaeeli H, Khademi J. Assessment of aminoglycoside-induced hearing impairment in hospitalized neonates by TEOAE. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2010; 61:256-61. [PMID: 23120646 DOI: 10.1007/s12070-009-0078-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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CONTEXT Aminoglycosides, as potent bactericidal antibiotics against aerobic gram-negative infections, is still widely used, especially in NICU patients, despite their known potential ototoxic effects. AIMS To evaluate the potential of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) in early identification of decreased hearing sensitivity in hospitalized neonates receiving aminoglycosides for severe gram-negative infections. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty (50) neonates treated with intravenous gentamicin (5 mg/kg/day) or amikacin (15 mg/kg/day) were tested with TEOAE in the beginning and the end of aminoglycoside therapeutic course. There were 23 males and 27 females, ranging from 29 to 40 weeks (mean: 36 weeks). The treatment duration was 3-30 days (in 26 neonates up to 7 days - group A, and in 24 neonates higher than 7 days - group B). RESULTS In group A, no statistically significant difference in the mean response level was found between the onset and the end of treatment course (p > 0.001). In group B, a statistically significant difference in the mean response level was found between the onset and the end of treatment course, especially at high frequency region (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS TEOAE is sensitive enough to detect early aminoglycoside ototoxicity. As this test is simple to perform, non-invasive and reliable, so we suggest that TEOAE test should be performed in NICU as routine for monitoring cochlear function to prevent permanent hearing loss especially in those who are receiving aminoglycoside for more than 7 days.
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- Mohammad Naeimi
- Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS), Mashhad, Iran
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Dhawan R, Mathur NN. Comparative evaluation of Transient Evoked Oto-acoustic Emissions and Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry as screening modality for hearing impairment in neonates. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2007; 59:15-8. [PMID: 23120376 PMCID: PMC3451736 DOI: 10.1007/s12070-007-0004-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE This study was designed to evaluate Transient Evoked Oto-acoustic Emission (TEOAE) as screening modality for hearing impairment in neonates. Brainstem Evoked Response Auditometry (BERA) was used as gold standard diagnostic tool in this study. The factors affecting the specificity of TEOAE were also studied. METHODS The study group of 200 randomly selected neonates was subjected to TEOAE and BERA (400 ears). Oto-endoscopy was done in all TEOAE failures and a repeat test was done after suction cleaning of blocked external auditory canal (EAC). RESULTS Otoscopic evaluation of all 52 TEOAE failures was done. EAC obstruction was noticed in 31 ears and 4 ears showed collapsible EAC. TEOAE was repeated after suction cleaning of the obstructed EAC and using long probe tips for collapsible EAC. This improved the Pass rate of TEOAE from 87% to 92%. EAC obstruction and collapsible EAC were the two factors identified in this study that significantly affected the specificity of TEOAE as a screening test. Pass rate of TEOAE in <48 hrs age group was found to be 55.5%, which was nearly half of over-all pass rate. This was because of high prevalence of obstructed EAC in this age group. TEOAE was found to be a rapid screening tool as average time taken for BERA was 35 min/neonate and for TEOAE was 17.4 min/neonate. Acceptability of TEOAE was found to be higher as compared to BERA. CONCLUSIONS TEOAE is a simple and rapid test with relatively higher acceptability. But, the low sensitivity and specificity are the main shortcomings that take away from TEOAE, the status of independent screening modality for hearing impairment in neonates. TEOAE cannot completely replace BERA as screening modality for hearing impairment in neonates, however can complement it.
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- Rajiv Dhawan
- Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College & associated, SK Hospital and KS Children's Hospital, New Delhi, 110001 India
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