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Clinical Trials/NCT00753194
NCT00753194
Completed
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False-Positive Results in Newborn Hearing Screening: Possible Causes

Federal University of São Paulo1 site in 1 country1,110 target enrollmentMarch 2005
ConditionsDeafness

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Deafness
Sponsor
Federal University of São Paulo
Enrollment
1110
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Otoacoustic Emissions
Status
Completed
Last Updated
17 years ago

Overview

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.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
March 2005
End Date
January 2007
Last Updated
17 years ago
Study Type
Observational
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Federal University of São Paulo

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Healthy newborns

Exclusion Criteria

  • Risk factors for hearing loss

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Otoacoustic Emissions

Time Frame: At birth

Study Sites (1)

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