• Prasanth N P
• Dr. Ravanan M P
• Deepak Raj P V

This study was done to find out the role and sensitivity of Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emission (TEOAE) test in universal hearing screening program. The study was conducted at a multispecialty hospital in north Kerala .In this study a total of 1000 infants below one month of age was taken as subject .All the subjects in this study were brought to Audiology department for their neonatal hearing screening and the data obtained was used for the study with consent of their parents. Hearing screening was conducted with TEOAE in 3 steps. The first stage screening was conducted soon after birth. Only those infants who got TEOAE absent in first screening were called for second screening after one month. Those who got TEOAE absent during second screening participated in the third stage of screening. Out of the 1000 infants 5 infants had sensory neural hearing loss. A false positive finding was found in one infant who got normal hearing during detailed Audiological investigations, but TEOAE was still absent for her. Based on the clinical findings TEOAE was found to be 99.9% accurate, 100% sensitive and with 99.89% specificity in detecting hearing loss. So this study concluded TEOAE as a successful tool in new born hearing screening

Efficacy of Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions (TEOAE) in neonatal hearing screening

"Efficacy of Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions (TEOAE) in neonatal hearing screening ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no.e229-e232, August-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208428.pdf

"Efficacy of Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions (TEOAE) in neonatal hearing screening ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no. ppe229-e232, August-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208428.pdf