Preeclamsia: A New Risk Factor for Hearing Loss
Ali Goljanian Tabrizi , Mahboobe Asadi and Abbas Safavi NainiFaculty Of Medicine, Department Of Otolaryngology And Head And Neck Surgery, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract: Infant hearing loss stands out as the most common congenital sensory disorder. Universal newborn hearing screening is being promoted as an early detection strategy for hearing loss. This cross sectional study performedduring 2013 to 2014, based on universal newborn hearing screening program, including twostageTransient evoked Oto Acoustic Emission (TEOAE). The hearing status of the infant who failed the two-stage screening tests was evaluated with the auditory brainstem response (ABR) during the diagnostic stage. All Possible causes of hearing loss and demographic data recorded. Of 5200 infants referred to our center,all screened with transient evokedOto Acoustic Emission (TEOAE).pre-eclampsia [first TEOAE (P Value: 0.000), second TEOAE (P Value: 0.033) and ABR (P Value : 0.028)], Consanguinity,neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)admission,ototoxic drugs, and mechanical ventilation more than 5 days, birthweight less than 1500 g were significantly associated with hearing loss. There was no statistically significant difference in sex, family history of SNHL, maternal smoking, maternal opium use, severe jaundice that leads to blood transfusions, and low Apgar score at birth. In this study, in addition of known risk factors of neonatal Sensorineural hearing loss, eclamsy and preeclampsia was proposed as a Hypothetic risk factor that affected hearing status in all screening tests.Maybe infuture our concern about neonatalhearing loss caused by eclamsy and preeclampsia cleared more
Keywords: Hearing loss; preeclampsia; risk factors; neonate Back to TOC