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An association between neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and hearing loss has been found in several
studies. Because auditory brainstem evoked responses (ABR) may be useful tool for the monitoring
of early bilirubin txicity in hyperbilirubinemic neonates, ABR in 16 fullterm neonates with serum
total bilirubin values 15 mg/dl were compared with the responses in 17 control neonates.
The results were as follows:
1) The statistically significant absence of... |
