Hearing Screening in Infants in the Work Area Community Health Center

The objectives of this study include, 1. Knowing the description of the
results of OAE examination in babies born at Padanglampe Health
Center, Pangkep Regency based on the sex of the baby. 2. Knowing the
description of the results of OAE examination in babies born at
Padanglampe Health Center, Pangkep Regency based on the age of the
baby when they came for the examination. The subjects of this study were
infants aged less than 24 months who were born at the Padanglampe
health center, Pangkep district and met the inclusion criteria that had
been set. The data collection method was in the form of hearing
measurements using an OAE device to determine the presence of
hearing disorders. The results obtained, there were research subjects
consisting of 4 male people (44.44%) and 5 female people (55.55%). The
age of the respondents who participated was less than 12 months as
many as 8 people and more than 12 months as many as 1 person. The
conclusion obtained, there was 1 child who had a referral result in the
examination using OAE from a total of 9 people who were examined.
The age range of children who had referral results was less than 3 years
with female gender. The age of the babies who were examined varied,
including 3 children aged less than 3 months, 1 child aged 3 months to
less than 6 months, 4 children aged 6 months to less than 12 months, and
1 child aged 12 months to less than 24 months