False Positive Results in Newborn Hearing Screening

False-Positive Results in Newborn Hearing Screening: Possible Causes

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00753194

Acronym

NHS

Enrollment

1110

Registered

2008-09-16

Start date

2005-03-31

Completion date

2007-01-31

Last updated

2008-09-16

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Conditions

Deafness

Keywords

hearing, newborn, otoacoustic emissions

Brief summary

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.

Detailed description

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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

6 Hours to 48 Hours

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Healthy newborns

Exclusion criteria

* Risk factors for hearing loss

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Otoacoustic Emissions	At birth

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results