Title |
Risk factors and prevalence of newborn hearing loss in a private health care system of Porto Velho, Northern Brazil
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Published in |
Revista Paulista de Pediatria, September 2013
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DOI | 10.1590/s0103-05822013000300005 |
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Authors |
Juliana Santos de Oliveira, Liliane Barbosa Rodrigues, Fernanda Soares Aurélio, Virgínia Braz da Silva |
Abstract |
To determine the prevalence of hearing loss and to analyze the results of newborn hearing screening and audiological diagnosis in private health care systems. METHODS Cross-sectional and retrospective study in a database of newborn hearing screening performed by a private clinic in neonates born in private hospitals of Porto Velho, Rondônia, Northern Brazil. The screening results, the risk for hearing loss, the risk indicators for hearing loss and the diagnosis were descriptively analyzed. Newborns cared in rooming in with their mothers were compared to those admitted to the Intensive Care Unit regarding risk factors for hearing loss. |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 36 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Bachelor | 4 | 11% |
Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 8% |
Student > Master | 1 | 3% |
Unknown | 28 | 78% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 8% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 3% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 3% |
Psychology | 1 | 3% |
Unknown | 30 | 83% |