Open AccessNewborn Hearing Screening Results of Infants Born To Mothers Who Had COVID-19 Disease During Pregnancy: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Z. Asli OskoviKaplan,
A. Seval Özgü-Erdinç,
Gül Nihal Buyuk,
U Yasemin Sert-Dinc,
Cavide Ali-Algan,
Barış Demir,
Dilek Şahın,
Hüseyin Levent Keskin,
Cüneyt Tayman,
Özlem Moraloglu-Tekin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ear and hearing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.577
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1538-4667
pISSN - 0196-0202
DOI - 10.1097/aud.0000000000001167
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , retrospective cohort study , hearing loss , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , obstetrics , audiology , genetics , physics , optics , biology
Viral infections are known to be a risk factor for neonatal hearing loss. COVID-19 infection has been reported to affect hearing test results in one small sample sized study. We aimed to investigate the incidence the risk of neonatal hearing loss in infants of mothers who had COVID-19 infection during pregnancy, regarding their trimesters, by evaluating the neonatal hearing screening results.