Neonatal and Pediatric Medicine
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Research Article

Sensitivity and Specificity of Otoacustic Emissions in Newly Healthy Births without Risk Factors

¹Division of Pediatrics, Regional Hospital of High Specialty of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico

²Department of Hospital Administration and Management, General Hospital of Ciudad Victoria, Mexico

³Medical Pediatrician Neonatologist, Regional Hospital of High Specialty of Ciudad Victoria Tamaulipas, Mexico

⁴Neurologist Pediatrician, Regional Hospital of High Specialty of Ciudad Victoria, Mexico

⁵Licensed in Nursing, Auditory Sieve Area, General Hospital of Ciudad Victoria, Mexico

⁶Department of Audiológa, Regional Hospital of High Specialty of Ciudad Victoria, Mexico

*Corresponding Author:

Bolado OMB
Pediatrician Neonatologist
Head of Division of Pediatrics of the Regional Hospital of High Specialty of Ciudad Victoria
Tamaulipas, Mexico
Tel: 8341593547
E-mail: berlangabolado@hotmail.com

Received date: July 20, 2016; Accepted date: August 07, 2016; Published date: August 17, 2017

Citation: Berlanga Bolado OM, Vázquez PR, Martínez Carmona RB, Ortega Tamez LC, Flores Nava FL, et al. (2017) Sensitivity and Specificity of Otoacustic Emissions in Newly Healthy Births without Risk Factors. Neonat Pediatr Med 3: 133. doi: 10.4172/2572-4983.1000133

Copyright: © 2017 Berlanga Bolado OM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Introduction: The World Health Organization reports an incidence of hypoacusis of 5/1000 live births; 2.1% of the world population suffers from a hearing deficit. In Mexico, the Human Communication Institute of the Ministry of Health estimates that 5,600 are born with hearing loss per year. Undiagnosed hearing loss has adverse effects on language, social, emotional, cognitive, academic and professional development. Objective: To verify the sensitivity and specificity of Hearing Otoacoustic emissions in healthy newborns without risk factors. Material and Methods: Prospective study with a probabilistic, descriptive, transversal, quasi experimental and analytical design. We studied 815 healthy newborns without risk factors. EOA and Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials were performed with the BERAphone equipment. Sensitivity, specificity, Negative Predictive Value and Positive Predictive Value were determined, using the ROC curve. The AUC value was determined, Pearson’s X2 test was used, and Fisher’s Exact Test was used for the distribution of both tests. Results: 1630 auditory tests were performed. A sensitivity of 63.64% and a specificity of 98.95%, an AUC of 0.805%, VPP 29.17% and VPN 99.75%, LH +60.60% and LH -0.37% of all the tests were detected. The right ear had a sensitivity of 40.0% and a specificity of 98.64%; In the left ear sensitivity of 83.33% and specificity of 99.26%. Conclusions: Otacoustic emissions in newborns without risk factors have a regular sensitivity and high specificity.

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