Table 2 Status of diagnostic auditory brainstem response test after newborn hearing screening for 7 years in Korea.
Year | N, infants performed ABR/total infants (ABR performing rate of each group, %) | Median age at the 1st ABR, month (range) | ||||
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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 |