TY - JOUR ID - 3086 TI - The Relationship between Severe Hyperbilirubinemia and Abnormal Auditory Brainstem Response in children JO - International Journal of Pediatrics JA - IJP LA - en SN - 2345-5047 AU - Peyvandi, Ali Asghar AU - Eftekharian, Ali AU - Goljanian, Ali AU - Alani, Nadereh AD - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. AD - Taleghani Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Y1 - 2014 PY - 2014 VL - 2 IS - 3.3 SP - 5 EP - 10 KW - Keywords: Auditory brainstem response KW - Hearing Loss KW - Hyperbilirubinemia DO - 10.22038/ijp.2014.3086 N2 - Abstract:Background : Hyperbilirubinemia is one of the most common cause of congenital sensory neuronal hearing loss. These patients are screened by auditory brainstem response (ABR) test at bilirubin levels higher than 1% of gestational weight. Aim: to determine whether hyperbilirubinemia less than 1% of gestational weight could induce hearing loss and abnormal auditory brainstem response (ABR).Methods: in this case control study the outcome of ABR test in children younger than 3 years old with a history of term delivery and hyperbilirubinemia (bilirubin level less than 1% of gestational weight) were compared with the control group without hyperbilirubinemia matched for age and sex.Results: Mean ABR amplitude (wave I, V) were significantly prolonged in neonates with jaundice compared with controls (P0.6% gestational weight was 2.25 with 95% CI (1.44-3.89 and p=0.02).Conclusion: Our study showed a relevant association between bilirubin levels less than 20 mg/dl and abnormal ABR. UR - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_3086.html L1 - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_3086_b07b8b6cae7fbbf0738c86a728de1f5c.pdf ER -