Effects of Nutritional Factors on Neonatal Hearing Screening Pass Rate
LI jinlan
LIN keke
FU xin
LIU Mo
LIU Hui
Abstract： Objective The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of nutrition during the latest period of pregnancy on the pass rate of hearing screening in 2-4 days-old neonates. Methods Data from a total of 523 newborns who received hearing screening in our hospital from 2012 January to 2012 March were retrospective reviewed. Transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) were measured using the ILO96. The neonatal body height and weight were collected. The body weight index of newborns was calculated. Their mothers’age, total protein, albumin, prealbumin and hemoglobin during the latest period of pregnancy were also collected. Results Neonatal body weight, neonatal body weight index, mother's age and late pregnancy total protein showed no significant differences between the“Pass”and“Fail”groups. However, late pregnancy al-bumin (31.78±3.28 g/L), prealbumin (0.23±0.04) and hemoglobin (120.99±9.27) were significantly higher in the“Pass”group than the“Fail”group (29.78±4.71 g/L, 0.22±0.04 g/L and 115.44±11.67 g/L, respectively) . Conclusion The nutritional sta-tus of pregnant women in the latest period of pregnancy may be a factor that affects the pass rate of newborn hearing screening.
Keywords：NeonatesHearing screeningTransient evoked otoacoustic emissionsNutrition
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 239-242 )