False Positive Results in Newborn Hearing Screening

Federal University of São Paulo1,110 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to investigate the rate of false-positive results in Newborn Universal Hearing Screening Programs and it´s possible causes.

False-positive results in Newborn Hearing Screening(NHS) leads to unnecessary parents anxiety and increase the cost of the procedure before hospital discharge. Getting to know the possible causes will lead to solutions to decrease the number of normal hearing babies that fail NHS with Otoacoustic Emissions.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

1,110

Conditions

Deafness

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 6 HoursMax age: 48 HoursHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy newborns Exclusion Criteria: * Risk factors for hearing loss

Locations (1)

Hospital Panamericano

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Otoacoustic Emissions

Time frame: At birth

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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