DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2017.v05i06.006

Pages: 2060-2063

The present study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of congenital hearing loss in neonates born at SSG Hospital Vadodara using otoacoustic emissions. The present study was prospective observational study, which was carried out in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, Medical College and S.S.G Hospital, Baroda from December 2014 to December 2016. Informed written consent about study was taken from either parent of each newborn before enrolling them in to study. Neonates were selected by simple random sampling. Primary data was collected by conducting DPOAE and BERA tests. Total 709 Newborn babies were included in this study. These 709Newborn babies were subjected to 2 stages DPOAE (Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions).Newborn babies were subjected to 1st DPOAE screening within first week of life. While those Newborn babies who were admitted in NICU for more than 5 days were examined after being discharged from NICU. For those babies who pass 1st DPOAE, no further testing was done.