%0 Journal Article
%T Otoacoustic Emissions and Evoked Potentials in Infants after Breast-Feeding Jaundice¡ª¡ªHearing Dysfunction in Breast-Feeding Jaundice
%A Adri¨¢n Poblano
%A Norma Ballesteros
%A Carmina Arteaga
%A Blanca Flores
%A Teodoro Flores
%J Neuroscience & Medicine
%P 270-274
%@ 2158-2947
%D 2012
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/nm.2012.33030
%X We study hearing in a group of infants with Breast-feeding jaundice (BFJ) by means of Transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions (T-EOE) and Brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) searching for relationship between bilirubin serum levels and auditory dysfunction. Eleven infants born at-term with BFJ were selected for the study. We studied also 11 control age- and gender matched healthy at-term infants without signs of jaundice. T-EOAE studies were performed between 5-7 days after birth, and 3 months later. BAEP studies were performed once. BFJ group infants exhibited lower amplitudes in T-EOE than infants in the control group. These differences disappear at the 3-month evaluation. In BAEP, we observed a significant latency delay of waves I and V in Breast-feeding jaundice group infants. All infants in both groups demonstrated reproducible wave V response at 30 decibels. No significant correlation values were observed between bilirubin serum levels and T-EOE and BAEP variables. Our data suggest that BFJ can result in transient peripheral and central auditory dysfunction. Dysfunction is reversible after treatment of infants with BFJ.
%K Breast-Feed Jaundice
%K Hyperbilirubinemia
%K Hearing
%K Neonates
%K Transient-Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions
%K Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=22518