Audiology Outcomes in Infants Weighing Less than 1500 Grams at Birth

Abstract

The audiology outcomes for infants with a birth weight below 1500g were reviewed. Of 402 infants referred for audiology 319 (79%) attended. Two hundred and forty-six (77%) had sufficient hearing for the development of speech and language but 66 (21%) infants needed further testing and six infants (1.9%) had hearingimpairment.