Table 2 Status of diagnostic auditory brainstem response test after newborn hearing screening for 7 years in Korea.

From: Status of early hearing detection and intervention in South Korea: a nationwide population-based study of national infant health checkup

Year

N, infants performed ABR/total infants (ABR performing rate of each group, %)

Median age at the 1st ABR, month (range)

Pass group

Refer group

P value

Pass group

Refer group

P value

2010

1590/181,872 (0.87)

322/1114 (28.90)

< 0.0001

13 (4–74)

6 (3–12)

< 0.0001

2011

1924/217,714 (0.88)

388/1202 (32.28)

< 0.0001

13 (4–72)

7 (3–11)

< 0.0001

2012

2318/231,914 (1.0)

390/1237 (31.53)

< 0.0001

10 (4–66)

6 (3–11)

< 0.0001

2013

2,588/261,345 (0.99)

517/1413 (36.59)

< 0.0001

9 (4–59)

6 (4–11)

< 0.0001

2014

2305/269,756 (0.85)

524 /1472 (35.60)

< 0.0001

9 (4–42)

6 (4–10)

< 0.0001

2015

1851/283,392 (0.65)

635/2091 (30.37)

< 0.0001

8 (3–18)

7 (4–12)

0.0311

2016

1730/ 284,622 (0.61)

667/2412 (27.65)

< 0.0001

8 (4–11)

6 (3–10)

< 0.0001

  1. ABR auditory brainstem response.
  2. Statistical significance was assessed by Pearson chi-square or the Wilcoxon-test.