[Assessment of cochlea activity in a group of newborns with central nervous system impairment as an effect of perinatal asphyxia using click-evoked otoacoustic emissions (CEOAEs)].

During adaptation of newborn to extra-uterine environment dramatic changes in functioning in the inner organs and the entire human body is observed. Complicated or premature birth as well as complicated course of a perinatal period may cause reversible or irreversible damage of various tissues, organs or systems, and, consequently, their dysfunction. The most often changes in the central nervous system (CNS) in newborns occurring as an effect of perinatal asphyxia are found to be ischemic-hypoxic encephalopathy (IHE), periventricular leucomalacia (PVL) and intraventricular hemorrhages (IVH).

[Level of stress during pregnancy estimated by mothers and average weight of newborns and frequency of low birth weight].

Low birth weight is still important health problem in many countries. Children's low birth weight increases mortality, injures central nervous system, somatic, interferes with intellectual and emotional development. Low birth weight is frequently occurring in Poland--between 7-9% of live births.