Prevalence of Hearing Loss among Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) Babies in Two Tertiary Hospitals in Malaysia.

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International Tinnitus Journal Pub Date : 2023-12-04 DOI:10.5935/0946-5448.20230004

Asma Abdullah, Rebecca Wilfred, Asfa Najmi Mohamad Yusof, Wan Fazlina Wan Hashim

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Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate hearing loss among very low birth weight babies in two hospitals in Malaysia.

Material and methods: A total of 380 babies from Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz (HCTM), Kuala Lumpur and Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) were recruited in this retrospective study. All babies with birthweight less than 1500grams nursed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) between January 2014 till December 2019 was included in the study. Data was analysed on demography, interval taken for hearing intervention and defaulter rate. The data of patient parameters between both hospitals were analysed and association between various factors were evaluated.

Results: A total 187 Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) Kuala Lumpur babies and 193 VLBW Sarawak babies met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, among which 10.1% and 10.9% had SNHL in Kuala Lumpur and Sarawak respectively. CHL was reported among 8.6% Kuala Lumpur and 14% of Sarawak babies. When studied on the different types and degrees of hearing loss, 2.6% of Kuala Lumpur babies born less than 28 Weeks Gestation Age (WGA) had moderate SNHL and 2.0% of Sarawak babies had profound SNHL. In this study only gestational age (week) (p=0.003) and dysmorphism (p<0.001) were statistically significant to be associated with hearing loss.

Conclusion: The prevalence of hearing loss among VLBW babies in Kuala Lumpur was 20.3% and 24.8% in Sarawak. Gestational age (p=0.044) and presence of dysmorphism (p<0.001) were found to have statistically significant association with prevalence of hearing loss. The defaulter rate at Kuala Lumpur was 52.6% and 42.3% in Sarawak.

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马来西亚两家三甲医院超低出生体重儿（VLBW）听力损失患病率。

目的：本研究旨在评估马来西亚两家医院的极低出生体重儿的听力损失情况：本研究旨在评估马来西亚两家医院超低出生体重儿的听力损失情况：在这项回顾性研究中，吉隆坡 Canselor Tuanku Muhriz 医院（HCTM）和砂拉越综合医院（SGH）共招募了 380 名婴儿。研究对象包括2014年1月至2019年12月期间在新生儿重症监护室（NICU）接受护理的所有出生体重不足1500克的婴儿。研究分析了人口统计学、听力干预间隔时间和不合格率等数据。对两家医院的患者参数数据进行了分析，并评估了各种因素之间的关联：共有187名吉隆坡超低出生体重儿和193名砂拉越超低出生体重儿符合纳入和排除标准，其中吉隆坡和砂拉越分别有10.1%和10.9%的婴儿患有SNHL。吉隆坡和砂拉越分别有 8.6% 和 14% 的婴儿患有慢性耳聋。在研究不同类型和程度的听力损失时，2.6%的吉隆坡妊娠年龄不足28周（WGA）的婴儿患有中度SNHL，2.0%的砂拉越婴儿患有重度SNHL。在这项研究中，只有胎龄（周）（P=0.003）和畸形（P=0.003）：吉隆坡超低体重儿的听力损失发生率为 20.3%，砂拉越为 24.8%。妊娠年龄（p=0.044）和畸形（p=0.003）在吉隆坡和砂拉越分别为 20.3%和 24.8%。

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International Tinnitus Journal Medicine-Otorhinolaryngology

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期刊介绍： The International Tinnitus Journal is the first peer review journal to provide a forum for exchange of information of on-going basic and clinical science efforts for understanding tinnitus and its application to patient diagnosis and treatment. Subject areas to be covered range from fundamental theory to clinical applications.