1. [Compliance with current standards for the early detection of neonatal hearing loss].
- Author
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Rojas-Godoy AL, Gómez-Gómez O, and Rivas-Muñoz FA
- Subjects
- Audiometry, Evoked Response standards, Child, Child, Preschool, Colombia, Cross-Sectional Studies, Early Diagnosis, Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Female, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Male, Neonatal Screening methods, Neonatal Screening standards, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Referral and Consultation standards, Audiometry, Evoked Response statistics & numerical data, Guideline Adherence statistics & numerical data, Hearing Loss diagnosis, Neonatal Screening statistics & numerical data, Practice Patterns, Physicians' statistics & numerical data, Referral and Consultation statistics & numerical data
- Abstract
Objective: Assessing compliance with the section "Assessment of hearing" stipulated in the Technical Standard to Detect Alteration in children aged less than 10 years-old in Bogota., Methods: This was a cross-sectional study which involved reviewing the medical records of all children born between July 1st and December 31st 2010 in two healthcare institutions in Bogota. Records were selected in which any of the following risk factors appeared: neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia involving phototherapy, neonatal exposure to ototoxic substances and/or <1.500 gr low birth weight. It was also ascertained whether children had been referred to an auditory evoked potential test as the prescribed screening test for neonatal hearing, as stipulated in mandatory Colombian technical standards for detecting abnormal growth and developmental in children aged less than ten years-old., Results: Neither of the two institutions was making the aforementioned referral test., Discussion: The results indicated significant difficulties in adherence to the protocol for the early detection of hearing loss regarding pertinent/current neonatal Colombian regulations.
- Published
- 2014