Núñez AEB, Nonell FLR, Fernández RLR, Calzadilla ÁM, Rodríguez PJM

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: auditory disorders affect large number of children. About 1 of 1000 children present birth severe bilateral auditive loss and 10 of 100 suffer light to moderate disorders.
Objective: to characterize risk factors´ audiological behavior of children under six years old, affected by sensorineural hypoacusia.
Methods: descriptive study with a sample of 63 neurosensorial hipoacusia patients.
Results: most cases were at the 4 to 6 years old group, with 57.1%. Males predominated with a 63.5%. Acquired hypoacusia was the most frequent up to 62%. Hypoxia and assisted ventilation, ototoxicity, unknown hypoacusia family history, and hypertension in pregnancy, were risk factors present, during the study. More frequent diagnosis ages were from 0 to 2 years old, with 49.2%, and the most common type was, from severe to profound, sensorineural bilateral hypoacusia of multifactorial etiology.
Conclusions: universal screening to all children is very important to the early detection of hypoacusia and to avoid language and learning disturbances.