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AAP Grand Rounds 21:2 (2009)
© 2009 American Academy of Pediatrics

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Ear Pits, Skin Tags, and Hearing Loss

Source: Ari-Even Roth D, Hildesheimer M, Bardenstein S, et al. Preauricular skin tags and ear pits (PSEP) are associated with permanent hearing impairment in newborns. Pediatrics. 2008;122(4):e884–e890; doi:10.1542/peds.2008–0606[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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Investigators from Chaim Sheba Medical Center and Tel-Aviv University in Israel retrospectively reviewed the medical records of infants born at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center and screened for hearing impairment from January 1, 1997 to July 1, 2004, to (1) compare the prevalence of hearing impairment (HI) in infants with and without preauricular skin tags and/or ear pits (PSEP) and (2) assess the effectiveness of transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) as a hearing screening tool.


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Question: Are neonates with preauricular skin tags and pits at increased risk for hearing impairment?

Question type: Prognosis

Study design: Retrospective cross-sectional

 

The total population of children was divided into three groups: (1) low risk for HI; (2) high risk for . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Donald Schiff, MD, FAAP
University of Colorado School of Medicine and The Children’s Hospital, Aurora, CO