Congenital syphilis associated with hearing screening failure in southern Brazilian newborns

Autor: Besen, Eduarda, Paiva, Karina Mary, Hillesheim, Danúbia, Cigana, Luciana B., Haas, Patrícia
Zdroj: Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology; 20210101, Issue: Preprints
Abstrakt: •Hearing is one of the key senses for humans overall development.•Hearing loss, which is a decrease in the ability to detect speech and environmental sounds, may be attenuated if detected early.•In Brazil, the incidence of congenital syphilis in 2019 was 9.0/1000 live births, and its mortality rate was 8.2/100,000 live births.
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