To Study the Clinical ,Audiological and Radiological Findings of Hearing Impaired INFANTS.MY Experience

Abstract

Hearing impairment is the most common form of sensory disorder in humans.Audiological profile of neonates born at a tertiary care centre in Kashmir was conducted to calculate the prevalence of hearing impairment in the study population. Out of 1800 neonates 962 (53.4%) were females rest being males with a sex ratio of 1.15:1.On initial screening 91.2% (n=1642) of subjects had bilaterally present OAE (B/L PASS).The prevalence of hearing loss in not at risk was 2.97 per 1000 and in high risk was 8.04 per 1000.The combined overall prevalence was found to be 4.07 per 1000.Radiological imaging was the next mode of evaluation in these subjects and included HRCT temporal bone and MRI brain and inner ear.