UNLABELLED: Severe congenital hearing impairment is an important handicap affecting 0.1% of live-born infants and 1%-2% of graduates of Neonatal Intensive Care Units. The prognosis for intellectual, emotional, language and speech development in the hearing-impaired child is improved when the diagnosis is made early and intervention is begun before the age of 6 months. The usual age at diagnosis of hearing impairment is at least 18-30 months (or even later in cases of less severe hearing impairment) where there are no screening programmes. When screening is carried out using distraction methods at the age of approximately 9 months some hearing-impaired infants are missed and those discovered are at least 15-18 months before intervention begins. Neonatal screening could give hearing-impaired children the best chances for optimal care and development. Universal neonatal hearing screening is necessary, because, when neonatal hearing screening is restricted to high risk groups 30%-50% of infants with hearing loss are not discovered. The methods available for neonatal hearing screening are discussed in this paper. CONCLUSION: In our view automated measurement of auditory brainstem responses is the most valuable method for universal neonatal hearing screening.
UNLABELLED: Severe congenital hearing impairment is an important handicap affecting 0.1% of live-born infants and 1%-2% of graduates of Neonatal Intensive Care Units. The prognosis for intellectual, emotional, language and speech development in the hearing-impairedchild is improved when the diagnosis is made early and intervention is begun before the age of 6 months. The usual age at diagnosis of hearing impairment is at least 18-30 months (or even later in cases of less severe hearing impairment) where there are no screening programmes. When screening is carried out using distraction methods at the age of approximately 9 months some hearing-impairedinfants are missed and those discovered are at least 15-18 months before intervention begins. Neonatal screening could give hearing-impairedchildren the best chances for optimal care and development. Universal neonatal hearing screening is necessary, because, when neonatal hearing screening is restricted to high risk groups 30%-50% of infants with hearing loss are not discovered. The methods available for neonatal hearing screening are discussed in this paper. CONCLUSION: In our view automated measurement of auditory brainstem responses is the most valuable method for universal neonatal hearing screening.
Authors: S Veen; M L Sassen; A M Schreuder; M H Ens-Dokkum; S P Verloove-Vanhorick; R Brand; J J Grote; J H Ruys Journal: Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol Date: 1993-02 Impact factor: 1.675
Authors: İstemi Han Çelik; Fuat Emre Canpolat; Gamze Demirel; Zeynep Eras; Veli Gençay Sungur; Barış Sarıer; Uğur Dilmen Journal: Turk Pediatri Ars Date: 2014-06-01