Aim: To determine congenital and developmental outcomes of children with Unilateral Hearing Loss (UHL) who were admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Method: Retrospective, single-site study that followed 25 children with permanent congenital UHL and a NICU admission to a NICU of Nottingham University Hospital. Birth and two-year developmental follow-up data were collected. They were compared to matched control group who had a NICU admission but no hearing loss (matched on gestational age, weight and sex). Results: The median birthweights, gestational ages and number of days spent on the NICU for the UHL population were 2510 g, 36 weeks, and 12 days respectively. Most children (20/25; 80%) with UHL and a NICU admission were diagnosed with a congenital anomaly within the first two years of life. Only half (13/25) of these children were diagnosed with a congenital anomaly at discharge. Children with UHL and a NICU admission were more likely than the matched group (NICU admission only; p
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Horrocks, L. M., Kitterick, P. T., Jayasinghe, D. S., Willis, K. R., Martin, K. R. M., Dixit, A., & Thornton, S. K. (2023). Multiple congenital anomalies and adverse developmental outcomes are associated with neonatal intensive care admission and unilateral hearing loss. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.1068884
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