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REVIEW PAPER
CONDUCTIVE HEARING LOSS WITHIN
UNIVERSAL NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING
PROGRAMS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
1
Hearing Research Unit for Children, Division of Audiology, School of Health
& Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
2
Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Child and Youth Community
Health Service, 10 Chapel Street, Nundah 4012, Queensland, Australia
A - Research concept and design; B - Collection and/or assembly of data; C - Data analysis and interpretation; D - Writing the article; E - Critical revision of the article; F - Final approval of article;
Publication date: 2019-09-30
Corresponding author
Alison Collins
Alison Collins, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia; email: s4222972@student.uq.edu.au, tel. +61 401 822 382
Alison Collins, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia; email: s4222972@student.uq.edu.au, tel. +61 401 822 382
J Hear Sci 2019;9(3):24-36
KEYWORDS
audiological assessmentchildrenConductive Hearing Lossinfantsneonatesprevalenceuniversal newborn hearing screening
ABSTRACT
Background:
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) attempts to identify children with a permanent, bilateral, moderate or greater hearing loss at birth. However, children who are referred from UNHS programs may have conductive hearing loss (CHL), sensorineural, or mixed hearing loss. The aim of this review was to investigate the prevalence, sub-classifications, audiological diagnosis, and medical management of CHL within UNHS programs.
Material and Methods:
A systematic literature search was completed in the scientific databases PubMed, CINAHL, and Embase. Studies were reviewed with reference to the inclusion criteria, then graded to assess the internal and external validity, leaving 25 studies for review.
Results:
The prevalence of conductive hearing loss ranged from 0.4% to 64.5%. ‘Genetic’ and ‘Permanent’ were the only two sub-classifications of CHL identified, with no uniform terminology evident. Given CHL is not a target condition of UNHS, audiological assessment was consistent with the diagnosis of Permanent Childhood Hearing Loss (PCHL). There was little evidence of audiological review, onward referrals, or medical management for CHL within UNHS programs. Of the evidence obtained, no alternative pathway was found for children identified with CHL through UNHS.
Conclusions:
In view of the limited evidence for CHL within UNHS, further investigation into the prevalence, sub-classification, and appropriate management of CHL within a UNHS program is recommended to better guide evidence-based assessment and management of these children.
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) attempts to identify children with a permanent, bilateral, moderate or greater hearing loss at birth. However, children who are referred from UNHS programs may have conductive hearing loss (CHL), sensorineural, or mixed hearing loss. The aim of this review was to investigate the prevalence, sub-classifications, audiological diagnosis, and medical management of CHL within UNHS programs.
Material and Methods:
A systematic literature search was completed in the scientific databases PubMed, CINAHL, and Embase. Studies were reviewed with reference to the inclusion criteria, then graded to assess the internal and external validity, leaving 25 studies for review.
Results:
The prevalence of conductive hearing loss ranged from 0.4% to 64.5%. ‘Genetic’ and ‘Permanent’ were the only two sub-classifications of CHL identified, with no uniform terminology evident. Given CHL is not a target condition of UNHS, audiological assessment was consistent with the diagnosis of Permanent Childhood Hearing Loss (PCHL). There was little evidence of audiological review, onward referrals, or medical management for CHL within UNHS programs. Of the evidence obtained, no alternative pathway was found for children identified with CHL through UNHS.
Conclusions:
In view of the limited evidence for CHL within UNHS, further investigation into the prevalence, sub-classification, and appropriate management of CHL within a UNHS program is recommended to better guide evidence-based assessment and management of these children.
FUNDING
This research did not receive any specific grant from
funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not for
profit sectors.
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