Achados audiológicos em crianças nascidas de mães infectadas pela Covid-19 no período gestacional

Abstract

General Objective: To trace the audiological profile of children born to mothers infected with covid-19 during the gestational period. Methodology: Descriptive, cross-sectional research with a quantitative approach. The sample consisted of 10 mothers aged between 18 and 35 years and 10 children aged between 6 months and 2 years and 2 months. In the first phase of the study, a data collection instrument was applied with the mothers as research participants and, in the second, the children underwent an audiological evaluation. Results: Most mothers contracted covid-19 in the third trimester of pregnancy and had mild symptoms. As for the findings of the audiological evaluation, the most altered were in relation to the tympanometric curves, with a predominance of type C and absent acoustic reflexes. Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions and Distortion Product were present in most children and with a response level within the expected range. The Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential (BAEP), diagnostic mode, showed normal responses for the evaluated children, with the exception of one of them. In the ABR Screening, half of the sample passed and the other failed. Conclusion: For the sample of this study, a direct correlation between maternal infection by the covid-19 virus and hearing problems was not established. Longitudinal monitoring of these children should be carried out to investigate future developments. Keywords: COVID-19; SARS CoV-2; Hearing; Hearing Loss; Pregnancy.