The Impact of COVID-19 on Universal Newborn Hearing Screening.
Ear Hear
; 43(6): 1917-1919, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1931919
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To report the direct and indirect impact of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening program of our institution (Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Sassari).DESIGN:
Monocentric retrospective study whose target population included all the newborns born in or referred to our hospital in 2019 and 2020.RESULTS:
There is no statistically significant difference in time to retest or loss to follow-up rate between the 2 years considered (2019 to 2020). Referral rate is not higher for newborns born to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 polymerase chain reaction positive mothers.CONCLUSIONS:
In relation to the analyzed variables, coronavirus disease 2019 seems to have a limited impact on our screening program. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 did not behave as an audiological risk factor in our series.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Hearing Tests
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
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Infant, Newborn
Language:
English
Journal:
Ear Hear
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
AUD.0000000000001255
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