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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 8 About 2 177 cases of newborn hearing screening [Keywords:] newborn hearing screening Hearing impairment is a common congenital birth defects, research data indicate that about 1 ‰ ~ 4 ‰ in normal newborns with congenital hearing impairment, including severe and very severe hearing loss occur in approximately 1 ‰ [1]. Early found hearing loss, early intervention can promote the function of children with speech and language, intellectual and psychological development, to achieve the purpose of dumb but not deaf [2]. hospital from November 2006 to carry out newborn hearing screening, now Screening cases reported below. Subjects and methods 1. Object: Hospital December 1, 2006 ~ November 2008 30 2 177 infants born between cases and transferred 94 cases because of early discharge and other reasons or not the investigation, the actual screening 2083 patients. In which men Infants accounted for 50.70% (1056 / 2083), the baby accounts for 49.30% (1027 / 2083); full-term children accounted for 99.13% (2065 / 2083), accounting for 0.24% of preterm children (5 / 2083) ; past production accounted for 0.62% (13 / 2, 083); body weight accounted for less than 2 500 g 0.53% (11 / 2 083), accounting for more than 2 500 g of 99.47% (2072 / 2083); cesarean section accounted for 36.34% (757 / 2 083), accounting for 63.66% of natural childbirth (1 326 / 2 083); single fetus accounted for 99.62% (2075 / 2083), twins accounted for 0.38% (8 / 2083); a asphyxia history accounted for 8.31% (173 / 2 083), mild asphyxia accounted for 4.03% (84 / 2 083), moderate accounted for 4.13% (86 / 2 083), severe 0.14% (3 / 2083). 2. Screening: Every newborn infants are routinely performed before discharge otoacoustic emission test ears, one ear is not those who do not pass through. Screening of cases when the registration, to the parents a “report of otoacoustic emission hearing screening alone “while screening physician, the parents sign the report card, not b