Evaluation of the Hearing Screening Results of Newborns of Covid-19 Positive Mothers: A Retrospective Study

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 10 Sayı: 1, 97 - 107, 30.04.2025

Yasemin Sökmen , Resmiye Kaya Odabaş , Bahadır Yazıcıoğlu

Öz

Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the hearing screening results of
newborns of COVID-19 positive mothers.
Method: This retrospective study was conducted in a training and research
hospital in Turkey between January 2021 and January 2022. A total of 737 women
with pregnancy who tested positive for COVID-19 were hospitalized in the related
institution for treatment between March 11, 2020 and January 1, 2022, and 342 of
them gave birth. The sample of the study consisted of 331 newborns born to CO
VID-19 positive mothers. Research data were collected with a Data Collection Form.
Results: According to the results, 50.5% of the newborns were male, and 88.2%
weighed between 2500 and 4000 g. It was determined that 26.0% of the newborns
could not pass the first hearing screening test and that 4.6% of these newborns
could not pass the second hearing screening test. It was determined that the first
newborn hearing screening was completed within seven days after birth.
Conclusions and Recommendations: It was determined that four newborns
born to COVID-19 positive mothers could not pass the hearing screening test and
that approximately one in ten newborns was not brought to the hearing scree
ning test. In line with these results, some arrangements should be made to re
duce the number of newborns who do not receive hearing screening during the
COVID-19 pandemic

Anahtar Kelimeler

Congenital Infections , COVID-19 , Hearing Loss , Neonatal Screening , SARS-CoV-2

Etik Beyan

Ethics committee approval and institutional permission were obtained to conduct the study, and the study was carried out in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Consent of Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversity Non-Invasive Clinical Researches Ethics Board on 27.01.2021 with GOKA/2021/2/8 protocol number with 2021/2 decree number was taken.

Destekleyen Kurum

This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

Teşekkür

None

Covid-19 Pozitif Annelerden Doğan Yenidoğanların İşitme Tarama Sonuçlarının Değerlendirilmesi: Retrospektif Bir Çalışma

Öz

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, Covid-19 pozitif annelerden doğan yenidoğanla
rın işitme tarama sonuçlarını değerlendirmektir.
Yöntem: Retrospektif olarak yapılan bu çalışma, Ocak 2021-Ocak 2022 tarihle
ri arasında Türkiye’de bulunan bir eğitim ve araştırma hastanesinde yürütülmüştür.
İlgili kurumda 11.03.2020-01.01.2022 tarihleri arasında Covid-19 pozitif olan 737
gebe tedavi amacıyla yatışı yapılmış olup, 342 gebe doğum yapmıştır. Araştırmanın
örneklemini, Covid-19 pozitif annelerden doğan 331 yenidoğan oluşturmuştur.
Araştırma verileri, Bilgi Toplama Formu ile toplanılmıştır.
Bulgular: Yenidoğanların %50.5’inin cinsiyeti erkek olup, %88.2’si 2500-4000
gram ağırlığındadır. Yenidoğanların %26.0’sının ilk Auditory Brainstem Response
testinden geçemediği ve bunlarında %4.6’sının ikinci Auditory Brainstem Respon
se testinden geçemediği belirlenmiştir. Yenidoğan ilk işitme taramasının ise do
ğum sonu yedi gün içinde tamamlandığı tespit edilmiştir.
Sonuçlar ve Öneriler: Covid-19 pozitif annelerden doğan dört yenidoğanın
işitme tarama testinden geçemediği ve yaklaşık on yenidoğandan birinin işitme
tarama testine getirilmediği saptanmıştır. Bu sonuçlar doğrultusunda, COVİD-19
pandemisi sürecinde işitme taraması yaptırmayan yenidoğan sayısını azaltmak
için bir takı düzenlemeler yapılmalıdır

Anahtar Kelimeler

Covid-19 , SARS-CoV-2 , Yenidoğan işitme Tarama , Doğumsal İşitme Kaybı , Congenital Enfeksiyon.

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