Comparison of Hearing loss in Children 3 months to 3 years Old with and without Risk Factors

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Background: Babies in newborn intensive care units (NICU) are more expected to experience hearing loss due to a wide range of risk factors, such as prematurity, low birth weight, and hyperbilirubinemia. Effects of hearing impairment among children include poor consequences in speech, linguistics, social interaction, education, intelligence abilities, and overall well-being of life. Aims & Objective: The purpose of our research was to find out the comparison of hearing loss in children 3 months to 3 years old, with and without risk factors. Methodology: Our study was conducted at the Audiology Centre, Lahore. Children age range from 3 months to 3 years; both male and female genders were included in our study. Detailed history-taking of patients was done. We did an audiological evaluation through TEOAEs, Immittance Audiometry, and Auditory Brainstem Response Audiometry in 98 children (49 in each group) with risk factors indicated by the Joint Committee on Infant Hearings (JCIH) (2007) and without risk factors. Every parent gave their consent to participate in the study. Results & Findings: The total number of children was 98; 59.6% were male and 39.4% were female. The mean age of the children was 1.86±0.73. In the risk factor group, 77.6% of children The American Journal of Medical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Research 7 https://www.theamericanjournals.com/index.php/tajmspr The American Journal of Medical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Research had referred TEOAEs, while in the children without risk devices, assistive listening devices, and bone-anchored factor group, 34.7% of children had TEOAEs referred. In devices. Early screening and assessment of hearing loss, the risk factor group, 77.6% of children had hearing as well as understanding its cause, may help with loss, while in the without risk factor group, 36.7% of prediction and guidance for families (2). children had hearing loss. The Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Hearing problems must be diagnosed within three test reveals a statistically significant difference (P < months after birth in order to get appropriate therapy. 0.05) between the hearing impaired with and without Early intervention should begin before six months of risk factor groups. Conclusion: Our study reveals life, using the 1-3-6 early hearing diagnosis and significant at-risk factors for childhood hearing treatment (EHDI) (6). As suggested by the Joint impairment, including consanguinity, prematurity, Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH), hearing NICU stays for more than 5 days, family history of evaluations of all infants should be done within one hearing loss, meningitis, and low birth weight. This month of age, and for infants whose referral current study recommends mandatory neonatal assessment is required, a detailed audiological hearing screening for early identification and assessment must take place within three months of management. Advances in technology and evidence- age, and infants with hearing impairments must get based public health approaches can help recognize, proper intervention at six months of age (7). The aim of treat, and cure hearing loss. preliminary hearing assessment and treatment is to help infants who are deaf develop their ability to read, write, and speak (8).The World Health Organization Keywords: Hearing loss, Children, JCIH Risk factors, (WHO) estimates that primary, secondary, or tertiary OAEs, ABR, Tympanometry, NICU. intervention may avoid 50% of hearing loss (3). Children with Hearing impairment often show quiet disabilities, INTRODUCTION: demanding active investigation for it (9). The JCIH Based on studies on global data, 1-3 infants out of every recommendations include the following high-risk 1000 are born with hearing loss (1). According to the factors: A family history of sensorineural hearing World Health Organization (WHO), between 0.5 and 5 impairment, birth weight under 1500 grams, newborns and infants out of every 1000 have severe- hyperbilirubinemia over 15 mg/dL requiring blood to-profound hearing problems, or genetic or early transfusion, meningitis, NICU admission for more than childhood start sensorineural hearing loss five days, consanguinity, and premature birth (5). (2).Worldwide, hearing loss counts as the fourth most According to JCIH, babies in newborn intensive care common cause of years spent disabled. According to units (NICU) are more probably to develop hearing loss the most current data, there are half a billion people due to a wide range of risk variables, such as globally who have a significant hearing loss (3). 9% of prematurity, low birth weight, and hyperbilirubinemia individuals with hearing loss live globally (4).One of the (10). Hearing loss was independently associated with most prominent hereditary impairments in children is the presence of at least one JCIH risk factor, admission hearing loss. Hearing is mandatory for communication to the NICU for longer than five days, birth weight, and and helps children learn to identify o