09-11, 08:00–08:15 (Europe/Istanbul), Hearing Aids (ICC - B3 Floor - 3B/02)
Assessment of Audiological Findings and Neurodevelopmental Characteristics in Children with Suspected Hearing Loss: Preliminary Results
Meryem Mutlu¹, İbrahim Özcan ²
1 : Kayseri Şehir Hastanesi Odyoloji Bölümü
2: Kayseri Şehir Hastanesi Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Kulak Burun Boğaz Anabilim Dalı
Background: In children, the suspicion of hearing loss can also arise from various different etiologies. Therefore, it is important to evaluate not only hearing, but also otherdevelopmental characteristics
Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationshipbetween audiological findings and neurodevelopmentalcharacteristics.
Method: The study included children aged 2-7 years whopresented to the Kayseri City Hospital ENT outpatient clinicwith suspected hearing loss. Children who passed the newbornhearing screening test for the audiological evaluation, age-appropriate hearing tests were performed for each child. Theseincluded diagnostic ABR, transient evoked otoacousticemissions (TEOAEs), tympanometry, sound-field testing, andlanguage development tests. Neurodevelopmental outcomeswere also evaluated.
Results: According to the audiological test battery, hearingwas within normal limits in the vast majority of cases. Amongchildren with normal hearing who presented with suspectedhearing loss, the most frequently encountered conditions werediagnoses within the autism spectrum. Daily screen exposureaveraged approximately 4.6 hours/day, and approximately halfof the children reported screen exposure of 4 hours or moreper day.
Conclusion: Based on the data currently obtained from ourpatients (56 patients), our study shows that the vast majorityof children who passed newborn hearing screening but laterpresented to the clinic with suspected hearing loss in childhood do not have an actual hearing loss, and that theirsymptoms may be more attributable to neurodevelopmentalproblems.
Keywords: Hearing loss, Autism, ADHD, Delayed speech, screen exposure, Neurodevelopment.
Oral presentation
Dr. Aud. Meryem MUTLU is currently working as an audiologist at Kayseri City Hospital, University of Health Sciences. She completed both her master’s and doctoral studies at Başkent University. Her graduate research primarily focused on the vestibular system, tinnitus, and language development in children. In addition to clinical experience, she contributes to the field through academic research.
Prof. M.Ozgur Avincsal MD. Ph.D, is a Professor of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Izmir Tinaztepe University, Türkiye.
Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine (1998-2004)
Residency, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (2004-2010)
PhD Course, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Dep. of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery JAPAN (2015-2018)
PostDoc Fellowship, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Dep. of Cell Physiology JAPAN (Grand: Tokyo Biochemical Research Foundation)(2019-2020)
