Audiological assessment of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.

Object: To evaluate the hearing of infants with history of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia using ABR.

Methods: A prospective randomized study carried on 100 infants whose hearing was assessed by ABR. Infants were allocated into two groups; case group which involve 60 infants with history of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (bilirubin more than17 mg/dl and less than 30 mg/dl) and control group involve 40 healthy infants.