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ArticleCureus2021

Neonatal Hearing Screening: Prevalence of Unilateral and Bilateral Hearing Loss and Associated Risk Factors.

Susan Sabbagh, Marzieh Amiri, Maryam Khorramizadeh, Zahra Iranpourmobarake, Mansoureh Nickbakht

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effect of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Newborn Hearing: A Systematic Review.The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology · 2025
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  3. Universal newborn hearing screening in Southwest Iran: coverage, risk factors, and outcomes in a large-scale population.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  5. [Early detection program for hearing loss at Bajio's National Medical Center].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2025
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  9. Assessment of Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) in Birth Asphyxiated Neonates.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2023
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  10. The Effect of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Hearing of Neonates in a Tertiary Healthcare Centre.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Susan SabbaghDepartment of Medical Anatomy, School of Medicine, Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Dezful, IRN.
Marzieh AmiriMusculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IRN.
Maryam KhorramizadehDepartment of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Dezful, IRN.
Zahra IranpourmobarakeMusculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IRN.
Mansoureh NickbakhtDepartment of Speech Pathology, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, AUS.
Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences · IRDezful University of Medical Sciences · IRQueensland University of Technology · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionNewborn hearing screening is essential for early identification of hearing loss to decrease the adverse effects of hearing loss. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of hearing loss and risk factors of congenital hearing loss in newborns.

methodsIn this analytical case-control study, a hearing screening test was performed for all newborns aged 3-14 days.

resultsOf 5,500 newborns evaluated, 24 newborns had hearing loss. The prevalence of hearing loss was 4.36 per 1,000. Of 24 hearing-impaired newborns, 15 had bilateral hearing loss (BHL) (62.5%) and nine had unilateral hearing loss (UHL) (37.5%). Among the neonates with hearing loss, the prevalence of hearing loss was higher (77.8%) in the right ear. The main risk factors identified in this study were low gestational age (

conclusionThe prevalence of hearing loss was higher in the right ear than in the left ear. NICU stay, use of ototoxic drugs, low gestational age (<35 weeks), gestational diabetes, craniofacial anomalies, convulsion, consanguineous marriage of parents, low birth weight, and hyperbilirubinemia were significant risk factors for congenital hearing loss in studied newborns.

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PMID34336445
PMCPMC8313994
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