ArticleAudiology research2023
Prevalence of Congenital Infections in Newborns and Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
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- Barriers and Limitations in Neonatal Hearing and Vision Screening in Latin America: A Scoping Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Review
- A survey of strategies for the early diagnosis of hearing loss in infants: a scoping review.CoDAS · 2026Article
- Newborn screening in Brazil: realities and challenges.Journal of community genetics · 2025Review
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Abstract
objectiveto verify the frequency of congenital infections in newborns and their possible associations with the universal-neonatal-hearing-screening (UNHS) results, and evaluate a reference UNHS service in the Unified Health System (
methodsHistorical cohort study with data analysis of newborns attending prestigious hearing-health SUS services from January 2017 to December 2021, in Santa Catarina, Brazil. The quality of screening coverage was assessed based on the quality indicators proposed by the Brazilian neonatal-hearing-screening-care guidelines (
resultsIn the last five years, the prestigious services performed UNHS on 34,801 newborns and met the DATAN quality indicators. Congenital syphilis was the most frequent (1.59%) congenital infection in newborns, followed by HIV (0.87%), whereas the least frequent was rubella (0.029%).
conclusionPrestigious UNHS services reached ≥95% hearing screening coverage. Considering all congenital infections, the prevalence was 2.87%, with congenital syphilis the most frequent. Newborns with congenital syphilis or HIV are more likely to fail UNHS.
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