Analysis of Newborn Hearing Screening Test Results of Children with Down Syndrome

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Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze newborn hearing screening test results of children with Down syndrome (DS).Methods: The files of 84 children with DS and 84 healthy children (control group) admitted to the Pediatrics Polyclinics of the Konya Training and Research Hospital between January 2017 and June 2020 were retrospectively reviewed.Results: Thirty-one of the 84 babies with DS were female (36.9%), and 53 were male (63.1%); 37 of the 84 babies in the control group were female (44%), and and 47 were male (56%) (P = .346). Fortty-eight (57.1%) of the 84 babies with DS and 17 (20.2%) of the 84 babies in the control group failed the first screening test (P .05 for all).Conclusion: Our study shows that birth weight, gestational age, and maternal age do not pose an additional risk for hearing loss in DS babies who do not have known risk factors for hearing loss.