Table 2 Summary of hearing screening results from 2010 to 2019
From: A 10-year retrospective analysis of newborn hearing screening in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia
Hearing screening result | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total live births | 5837 | 6050 | 5706 | 5316 | 5557 | 6313 | 5709 | 4273 | 4014 | 4023 |
Number of infants screened by 1 month | 5701 | 5881 | 5567 | 5105 | 5102 | 6174 | 5627 | 4045 | 3829 | 3602 |
Number of infants passed first screening | 4483 | 5156 | 4999 | 4989 | 4950 | 5998 | 5247 | 3599 | 3431 | 2882 |
Number of infants failed first screening | 1218 | 725 | 568 | 116 | 150 | 176 | 380 | 446 | 398 | 720 |
Number of infants returned for re-screening | 771 | 459 | 343 | 81 | 93 | 128 | 233 | 342 | 275 | 498 |
Number of infants passed re-screening | 678 | 407 | 321 | 62 | 57 | 72 | 193 | 305 | 255 | 447 |
Number of infants failed re-screening | 93 | 52 | 22 | 19 | 36 | 56 | 40 | 37 | 20 | 51 |
Number of infants completed diagnostic evaluation | 31 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 20 |
Number of infants completed evaluation within 3 months | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |