Table 3 Prevalence of sensorineural hearing loss in children born with very low birth weight

Study	No of patients	Patient age(years)	Hearing loss(%)
Davis et al,83 2001	2/171	14	1.2*
Doyle et al,84 1992	4/42	8	9.5†

*Additional central auditory processing disorder in 4/155 (2.6%).
†Additional central auditory processing disorder in 20/42 (47.6%).