Poll: Were You Born Prematurely?

[cspc]

Poll: Were you born prematurely? (Answer poll)

 

[glynis]

Yes and we were about 4 pound as I'm a twin.

 

[Tinker Bell]

Nope, was actually late. But my son was about two months early. His hearing is perfect — in case you're implying prematurity as a tinnitus link.

I think the key with prematurity is the gestational age. Born early at 38 weeks is very different from born early at 32 weeks when lungs are not fully developed and there is a risk for brain bleeds. My son underwent a lot of testing and spent his first weeks with an assortment of tubes and wires keeping him alive and monitoring him.

My daughter was born two weeks early but we do not even consider her a preemie.

NICU preemies can have health factors that can cause or are linked to hearing loss, but like I said there is a significant difference between a two week preemie versus an eight week preemie.

 

[cspc]

Nope, was actually late. But my son was about two months early. His hearing is perfect — in case you're implying prematurity as a tinnitus link.

I think the key with prematurity is the gestational age. Born early at 38 weeks is very different from born early at 32 weeks when lungs are not fully developed and there is a risk for brain bleeds. My son underwent a lot of testing and spent his first weeks with an assortment of tubes and wires keeping him alive and monitoring him.

My daughter was born two weeks early but we do not even consider her a preemie.

NICU preemies can have health factors that can cause or are linked to hearing loss, but like I said there is a significant difference between a two week preemie versus an eight week preemie.

I'm not implying anything about hearing, my hearing is perfect too. I am a preemie, I was born at 28 weeks. I weighted 3.3 pounds. I wanted to see how many people in this forum were born prematurely.

Generally, I suspect that there's a link between the neural structure of the brain and the auditory system of that under specific conditions results in tinnitus (for preemie and non-preemie people). In preemies the neural structure is different, so there might be a difference in auditory attention (very sensitive auditory system) and attention in general. So they might have a harder time with habituation of hyperacusis, tinnitus or hearing loss.

 

[Starthrower]

Generally, I suspect that there's a link between the neural structure of the brain and the auditory system of that under specific conditions results in tinnitus (for preemie and non-preemie people). In preemies the neural structure is different, so there might be a difference in auditory attention (very sensitive auditory system) and attention in general. So they might have a harder time with habituation of hyperacusis, tinnitus or hearing loss.

I have a friend who is writing a book on this subject catching up with premies in their later years to find any evidence that can be used to explain different issues like health and mostly the general feeling of isolation having been born and placed in an incubator for weeks or months without that immediate human contact and love. I think it will make an interesting book.