17th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 18-20, 2018 • Denver, CO

| Hearing Screening in Infants with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Hearing Screening in Infants with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

At the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), the majority of newborn patients are transfers from outside facilities. While many infants receive a hearing screening at their birth hospital prior to transfer, most infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) are not screened due to significant prematurity and illness. Infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) are at risk for hearing loss. Although there are a few studies describing hearing outcomes in infants with severe BPD (sBPD); the true relationship between sBPD and hearing loss remains unclear. A retrospective study including preterm infants with sBPD was completed. Infants in this study were followed by the Newborn and Infant Chronic Lung Disease Program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia between September 2010 and June 2015. Infants born at < 32 weeks gestation or with a birth weight <1500 grams were included. Patients in this study were admitted to this facility on average at 3 months chronological age. On average, audiology was not consulted to complete testing until 5 months chronological age (2 months corrected age). The average age of patients at the time screening was completed was approximately 7 months chronological age (4 months corrected age). Hearing screenings were completed using Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) and/or Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions (TEOAE). Tympanometry was included when indicated. For all patients in this study, a chart review was conducted. Results of hearing screening and follow-up testing were reviewed. Those patients that did not receive a hearing screening were identified. An analysis of the data from this review, discussion of the challenges to completion of newborn hearing screening, and possible procedural modifications in this population will be presented.

• Identify barriers to completion of hearing screening in the sBPD population
• Propose guidelines to improve timely screening of transferred infants
Review risk factors for hearing loss

Presentation:
15805_7863ErinCipriano.pdf

Handouts:
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Transcripts:
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Presenters/Authors

Erin Cipriano (), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, cipriano@email.chop.edu;
Erin Cipriano, AuD, CCC-A is a clinical audiologist at the Center for Childhood Communication at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). She received her Doctorate of Audiology (AuD) from The University of Florida. Erin has been a practicing audiologist at CHOP for 20 years. Her area of clinical interest is newborn hearing screening and she serves as a clinical leader for the Center's Newborn Hearing Screening Program.