OBJECTIVE: To report results of audiometric evaluations in high-risk congenital diaphragmatic hernia survivors and their exposure to audiological risk factors (mechanical ventilation, high frequency oscillation, aminoglycoside therapy and neuromuscular blocking agents). DESIGN: All newborns with high-risk congenital diaphragmatic hernia born between January 2003 and June 2009 were treated consecutively at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Hospital, University of Padova. Thirty-two survived and 26 of them underwent formal audiological evaluation (tonal and speech audiometry, otoacoustic emission, and immitance measurements) and follow up. RESULTS: Twenty-one children had normal hearing; 4 had conductive hearing loss, which was successfully treated; and 1 had severe sensorineural hearing loss and suffers from Turner syndrome. CONCLUSIONS: Our series revealed a lower prevalence of sensorineural hearing loss in high-risk congenital diaphragmatic hernia survivors than in other studies, suggesting that the association between hearing loss and congenital diaphragmatic hernia has yet to be accurately defined and fully elucidated.
Hearing assessment in high-risk congenital diaphragmatic hernia survivors.
MIDRIO P;GAMBA, PIERGIORGIO;SGRO', ALBERTO;
2010
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To report results of audiometric evaluations in high-risk congenital diaphragmatic hernia survivors and their exposure to audiological risk factors (mechanical ventilation, high frequency oscillation, aminoglycoside therapy and neuromuscular blocking agents). DESIGN: All newborns with high-risk congenital diaphragmatic hernia born between January 2003 and June 2009 were treated consecutively at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Hospital, University of Padova. Thirty-two survived and 26 of them underwent formal audiological evaluation (tonal and speech audiometry, otoacoustic emission, and immitance measurements) and follow up. RESULTS: Twenty-one children had normal hearing; 4 had conductive hearing loss, which was successfully treated; and 1 had severe sensorineural hearing loss and suffers from Turner syndrome. CONCLUSIONS: Our series revealed a lower prevalence of sensorineural hearing loss in high-risk congenital diaphragmatic hernia survivors than in other studies, suggesting that the association between hearing loss and congenital diaphragmatic hernia has yet to be accurately defined and fully elucidated.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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