ArticleAmerican journal of otolaryngology
Auditory evaluation of infants born to COVID19 positive mothers.
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- Can SARS-CoV-2 positive pregnant women affect the hearing of their newborns: A systematic review.American journal of otolaryngologyPooled it
- Clinical study of the effect of mometasone furoate nasal spray treatment on hearing and in secretory otitis media in children.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2025Trial
- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: The Associations of Prenatal Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 Vaccination With Child Neurodevelopment.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2025Review
- Risk of Hearing Loss in Neonates and Toddlers with in Utero Exposure to SARS-CoV-2.The Laryngoscope · 2025Article
- Assessment of the Peripheral and Central Auditory System in Infants Whose Mothers Tested Positive for COVID-19 During Pregnancy.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Communication Skills in Toddlers Exposed to Maternal SARS-CoV-2 during Pregnancy.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Impact on the first year of life of newborns with gestational infection by SARS-COV-2. Analysis of auditory effects.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Auditory Screening in Newborns after Maternal SARS-CoV-2 Infection: An Overview.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Monitoring of Auditory Function in Newborns of Women Infected by SARS-CoV-2 during Pregnancy.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Absence of Permanent Sensorineural Hearing Loss in a Cohort of Children with SARS-CoV-2 Infection and the Importance of Performing the Audiological "Work-Up".Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- Sensorineural Hearing Loss Post-COVID-19 Infection: An Update.Audiology research · 2022Review
- Comparison of Perinatal, Newborn, and Audiometry Results of COVID-19 Pregnant Women.International journal of clinical practice · 2022Article
- COVID-19 during pregnancy and its impact on the developing auditory system.American journal of otolaryngologyArticle
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Abstract
COVID-19 infection can cause a wide spectrum of symptoms. The audio-vestibular system can also be involved, but there is still debate about this so findings need to be considered carefully. Furthermore, mother to fetus intrauterine transmission of COVID-19 infection in pregnant women is controversial. Few studies are available about the audio-vestibular symptomatology of newborns with intrauterine COVID19 exposure.
objectivesThis study investigates the possible correlation between the COVID19 gestational infection and hearing impairment onset in newborns. The involvement of hearing in COVID19 is verified so the timing and methodology of audiological evaluation of children can be planned.
methodsChildren were subject to newborn hearing screening and audiological evaluation. Newborn hearing screening is carried out prior to hospital discharge using the Automatic Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions test. Audiological evaluation is performed within the child age of 4 months by using maternal, pregnancy, and perinatal case history, COVID19 case history, otoscopy, acoustic immittance test, Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions test, and the Auditory Brainstem Response test.
results63 children were included in the study. 82.5% of these children were subjects of the newborn hearing screening program. The remaining 11 newborns were not subjected to hearing screening due to isolation measures and their audiological evaluation was carried out directly. Only one of 52 screened neonates showed a bilateral REFER test result but hearing threshold was normal at audiological evaluation. Audiological evaluation showed normal bilateral ABR thresholds in 59/63 children. Four children (6.3% of the total) had ABR threshold alterations but two showed normal threshold at ABR retest performed within 1 month of the first. The other two infants showed monolateral ABR alterations but one of these had a concomitant middle ear effusion. In conclusion, only one child (1.6% of the sample) had an altered ABR. This child had shown one positive SARS-CoV-2 swab in the absence of risk factors for hearing loss.
conclusionThis study finds no evidence that maternal COVID19 infection is a risk factor in the development of congenital hearing loss in newborns.
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