False Positive Results in Newborn Hearing Screening

Completed

• Conditions: Deafness

• Registration Number: NCT00753194
• Lead Sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the rate of false-positive results in Newborn Universal Hearing Screening Programs and it´s possible causes.

Detailed Description

False-positive results in Newborn Hearing Screening(NHS) leads to unnecessary parents anxiety and increase the cost of the procedure before hospital discharge. Getting to know the possible causes will lead to solutions to decrease the number of normal hearing babies that fail NHS with Otoacoustic Emissions.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-03
• Primary Completion: 2006-03
• Study Completion: 2007-01
• Status Verified: 2008-09
• Study First Submitted: 2008-09-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-09-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2008-09-15
• Study First Posted: 2008-09-16
• Last Update Posted: 2008-09-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1110

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy newborns

Exclusion Criteria

• Risk factors for hearing loss

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Otoacoustic Emissions	At birth

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hospital Panamericano; 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil