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Hearing Loss in Children: Clinical-Epidemiological Data from Two Different Provinces of the Same Region

Background: In many countries, neonatal hearing screening programs (NHS) have been available for many years; however, because of the presence of hearing loss at late onset, early hearing detection programs (EHDP) have been implemented. The aim of this study was to evaluate all cases of infantile hea...

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Autores principales: Palma, Silvia, Ciorba, Andrea, Nascimbeni, Laura, Pecovela, Mariachiara, Negossi, Laura, Pelucchi, Stefano, Stagi, Paolo, Genovese, Elisabetta
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8167747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33922429
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/audiolres11020017
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author Palma, Silvia
Ciorba, Andrea
Nascimbeni, Laura
Pecovela, Mariachiara
Negossi, Laura
Pelucchi, Stefano
Stagi, Paolo
Genovese, Elisabetta
author_facet Palma, Silvia
Ciorba, Andrea
Nascimbeni, Laura
Pecovela, Mariachiara
Negossi, Laura
Pelucchi, Stefano
Stagi, Paolo
Genovese, Elisabetta
author_sort Palma, Silvia
collection PubMed
description Background: In many countries, neonatal hearing screening programs (NHS) have been available for many years; however, because of the presence of hearing loss at late onset, early hearing detection programs (EHDP) have been implemented. The aim of this study was to evaluate all cases of infantile hearing loss under the care of two different provinces of a regional health service since the introduction of NHS. Methods: Clinical data (the presence of audiological risk factors, age at which children are placed under the care of health service, entity of hearing loss, treatment, and exposure to bilingualism) were retrospectively collected during the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2018, starting from the IT management system used in all of the regional neuropsychiatric services. Results: In total, 124 children were included—116 cases failed the screening, 1 case had an untraceable result, and 7 cases (5.6%) had hearing screening that passed. Most of the children were placed under the care of a neuropsychiatric infantile and adolescence (NPIA) service within the first year of life. The main differences across the two provinces concerned the percentages of audiological risk factors and the number of unilateral hearing loss cases. Conclusion: In order to plan and manage hearing rehabilitation programs for children in the best way, it is very important to know the local clinical-epidemiological features of the population.
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spelling pubmed-81677472021-06-02 Hearing Loss in Children: Clinical-Epidemiological Data from Two Different Provinces of the Same Region Palma, Silvia Ciorba, Andrea Nascimbeni, Laura Pecovela, Mariachiara Negossi, Laura Pelucchi, Stefano Stagi, Paolo Genovese, Elisabetta Audiol Res Article Background: In many countries, neonatal hearing screening programs (NHS) have been available for many years; however, because of the presence of hearing loss at late onset, early hearing detection programs (EHDP) have been implemented. The aim of this study was to evaluate all cases of infantile hearing loss under the care of two different provinces of a regional health service since the introduction of NHS. Methods: Clinical data (the presence of audiological risk factors, age at which children are placed under the care of health service, entity of hearing loss, treatment, and exposure to bilingualism) were retrospectively collected during the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2018, starting from the IT management system used in all of the regional neuropsychiatric services. Results: In total, 124 children were included—116 cases failed the screening, 1 case had an untraceable result, and 7 cases (5.6%) had hearing screening that passed. Most of the children were placed under the care of a neuropsychiatric infantile and adolescence (NPIA) service within the first year of life. The main differences across the two provinces concerned the percentages of audiological risk factors and the number of unilateral hearing loss cases. Conclusion: In order to plan and manage hearing rehabilitation programs for children in the best way, it is very important to know the local clinical-epidemiological features of the population. MDPI 2021-04-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8167747/ /pubmed/33922429 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/audiolres11020017 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ciorba, Andrea
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Negossi, Laura
Pelucchi, Stefano
Stagi, Paolo
Genovese, Elisabetta
Hearing Loss in Children: Clinical-Epidemiological Data from Two Different Provinces of the Same Region
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title_fullStr Hearing Loss in Children: Clinical-Epidemiological Data from Two Different Provinces of the Same Region
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title_short Hearing Loss in Children: Clinical-Epidemiological Data from Two Different Provinces of the Same Region
title_sort hearing loss in children: clinical-epidemiological data from two different provinces of the same region
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8167747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33922429
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/audiolres11020017
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