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- The study aimed to assess the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening program at Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Sassari.
- The research, conducted retrospectively, compared data from newborns born in 2019 and 2020, finding no significant differences in retesting times or follow-up rates between the two years.
- Results suggest that COVID-19 did not negatively impact the screening program, indicating that being born to mothers who tested positive for the virus did not increase the risk of hearing issues in newborns.
Article Abstract
Objectives: To report the direct and indirect impact of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening program of our institution (Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Sassari).
Design: Monocentric retrospective study whose target population included all the newborns born in or referred to our hospital in 2019 and 2020.
Results: There is no statistically significant difference in time to retest or loss to follow-up rate between the 2 years considered (2019 to 2020). Referral rate is not higher for newborns born to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 polymerase chain reaction positive mothers.
Conclusions: In relation to the analyzed variables, coronavirus disease 2019 seems to have a limited impact on our screening program. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 did not behave as an audiological risk factor in our series.
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