Hearing loss in very low birthweight infants treated with neonatal intensive care.

摘要: The hearing of 111 perinatal intensive care survivors birthweights 1500 g or less was assessed at a mean age 6 1/2 years (range 4--12). These infants included 86% the long-term this birthweight cared for in newborn unit University College Hospital, London, during 1966--72. All these were nursed commercially available incubators periods ranging from 2 to 80 days (mean 37) which noise threshold 65 dB. Ten (9%) had sensory neural nearing losses, one (1%) infant congenital conductive loss, and 21 (19%) exudative otitis media with loss 25 Apnoeic attacks neotal period most significant predictors (P than 0.05) an indirect serum filirubin level least 170 micromol/l (10 mg/100 ml) neonatal additive effect 0.05). There no evidence that ambient affected very low infants.