Table 3 Profile of infants who completed or did not complete hearing screening programme
Profile | Two-stage screening | Diagnosis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Did not complete (%) n = 148 | Completed (%) n = 137 | Did not complete (%) n = 32 | Completed (%) n = 50 | |
Chronological age (Days) | ||||
1–30 | 104 (70.3) | 98 (71.5) | 22 (68.8) | 11 (21.6) |
31 – 60 | 24 (16.2) | 25 (18.2) | 7 (21.9) | 159 (20.0) |
61 – 90 | 20 (13.5) | 14 (10.2) | 3 (9.4) | 134 (31.3) |
Mean [Standard deviation] | 24.58 [25.49] | 24.26 [21.71] | 25.91 [23.16] | 28.88 [24.97] |
Gestational Age (Weeks) | ||||
<37 | 6 (4.1) | 3 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (4.0) |
≥37 | 142 (95.9) | 134 (97.8) | 32 (100) | 48 (96.0) |
Mean [Standard deviation] | 38.08 [1.23] | 38.15 [1.27] | 38.31 [0.74] | 37.86 [1.54] |
Sex | ||||
Female | 67 (45.3) | 65 (47.4) | 15 (46.9) | 20 (40.0) |
Male | 81 (54.7) | 72 (52.6) | 17 (53.1) | 30 (60.0) |
Place of birth/delivery‡ | ||||
Outside Hospital | 82 (55.4) | 92 (67.2) | 21 (65.6) | 35 (70.0) |
Hospital | 66 (44.6) | 45 (32.8) | 11 (34.4) | 15 (30.0) |
Hospital admission in the first 28 days of life | ||||
Yes | 13 (8.8) | 17 (12.4) | 5 (15.6) | 6 (12.0) |
No | 135 (91.2) | 120 (87.6) | 27 (84.4) | 44 (88.0) |