Hearing impairment and hypoxia ischaemic encephalopathy: Incidence and associated factors.

CONCLUSION: This study confirms that hearing impairment is common in term infants who have undergone therapeutic hypothermia for moderate/severe HIE. Blood glucose should be monitored carefully in these infants and developmental surveillance should include formal audiology. Further larger studies are needed to clarify the role, if any, of hypothermia per se in causation of hearing loss and to fully identify risk factors for hearing impairment in this population. WHAT IS NEW: The current study confirms that hearing impairment is common in term infants who have undergone therapeutic hypothermia for moderate/severe HIE. No association between gentamicin use and the development of hearing impairment was found however initial blood glucose outside the normal range was of significance. Other...

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