ABSTRACT
Purpose:
to verify if the percentage of newborns that failed the screening hearing phase of the newborn hearing screening service of the School Clinic of the University Center in Várzea Grande is within the specified quality indicators of the Newborn Hearing Screening services.
Methods:
a retrospective study was performed, in which the results of the exams of Transient Otoacoustic Emissions held from October, 2013 to August, 2014, of a free service of optional neonatal hearing screening in the private sector of a university in the city of Várzea Grande-Mato Grosso, Brazil, were carried out. The sample consisted of 251 participants, subdivided into two groups: low-risk group composed by 210 participants, 100 were female and 110 male and high-risk group composed by 41 participants, 17 female and 24 male.
Results:
the Transients Otoacoustic Emissions test was analyzed. In the low-risk group, 39.52% passed, 4.76% failed and 55.71% did not attend the service for completion of screening. The high-risk group, 48.78% passed, 14.63% failed and 36.59% did not attend the service for completion of screening as shown in Tables 1 and 2.
Conclusion:
the percentage of newborns that referred at the screening hearing phase by the assessed service is above the recommended by literature.
Keywords:
Triage; Hearing; Infant, Newborn
