Lina Viktoria Benkhardt^1,2*, Mona Katharina Sprengeler², Michael Fuchs¹, Kai von Klitzing², Sylvi Meuret^1,+ and Franziska Schlensog-Schuster^2,+

¹Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Phoniatrics and Audiology, University of Leipzig, Liebigstrasse, Leipzig, Germany
²Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Liebigstrasse, Leipzig Germany
³University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bollingenstrasse 111, 3000 Bern 60, Switzerland *shared authorship: Dr. Sylvi Meuret and Dr. Schlensog-Schuster

*Shared Senior Authorship: Dr. Sylvi Meuret and Dr. Schlensog-Schuster

*Shared Authorship: Lina Benkhardt, Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Phoniatrics and Audiology, University of Leipzig, Liebigstrasse, Leipzig, Germany.

Received: November 21, 2022; Published: January 18, 2023

Abstract

2.5% of children aged 18 months have a diagnosed feeding disorder, 1% experience oropharyngeal difficulties and 0.3% of newborns are affected by hearing loss as the most common sensory disability in childhood. This investigation describes the prevalence of hearing loss and oropharyngeal dysphagia in children with a feeding disorder and their secondary diagnoses. Additionally, the associations of a feeding disorder, hearing loss and oropharyngeal dysphagia are examined. A retrospectively reviewed sample of N = 179 children aged 0 to 6 years with a feeding disorder was analysed. Only children who submitted at least one audiometry screening or flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing were included. Sixty-three children presented hearing loss (35.2%), 14 (7.8%) oropharyngeal dysphagia and 14 (7.8%) all three disabilities. The following findings also revealed that children with a feeding disorder and hearing loss have a high coincidence with cardiovascular and syndromal diseases. The results indicate that repeated hearing examinations during early childhood are essential for children with a feeding disorder to reduce the clinical outcome of hearing loss, but flexible endoscopic evaluations of swallowing should be considered only in children with specific risk factors.

Keywords: Hearing Loss; Oropharyngeal Dysphagia; Feeding Disorder; Syndromal Diseases; Cardiovascular Conditions; Early Childhood

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Citation

Citation: Lina Viktoria Benkhardt., et al. “Relevance of Auditory and Oropharyngeal Diagnostics in Children with Feeding Disorders". Acta Scientific Paediatrics 6.2 (2023): 02-15.

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