Abstract
Certain risk factors result in a higher incidence of delayed-onset hearing loss. Ten
subjects who passed auditory brainstem response birth screenings and later returned
with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss are examined in this report. Although not
all subjects in this report had respiratory distress, this study reveals a high correlation
between mechanical ventilation and delayed-onset hearing loss.
Abbreviations: ABR = auditory brainstem response, ECMO = extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, JCIH
= Joint Committee on Infant Hearing, MAS = meconium aspiration syndrome, NICU = neonatal
intensive care unit, OAE = otoacoustic emissions, PFC = persistent fetal circulation,
PPHN = persistent hypertension of the newborn, RDS = respiratory distress syndrome
Keywords
Late-onset progressive hearing loss - sensorineural hearing loss