Comparison of TEOAE and Latency Times of Tube Babies, Twins and Triplets

Objective: To compare the TEOAE(transient evoked otoacoustic emission) and the latency times of the tube babies, the twin and the triplet babies. Materials and methods: The TEOAE and the latency times of 66 babies (32 female, 34 male) who had newborn hearing screening, whose ages between 6 days to 150 days, were compared. Results: When the left and the right ear latency times of all of the patients were compared a statistically significant difference was found. The 4 kHz TEOAEs of the left and the right ear of the tube babies and the twins were found different. Conclusion: Otoacoustic emissions were gained more from the right ear than the left. When the tube babies were compared with the normal babies the left and the right ear latency times were different from each other. These differences may be due to the cochlear physiology, the cochlea maturation, the genes or the antenatal period