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The need for universal neonatal hearing screening–some aspects of epidemiology and identification
Author(s) -
Parving A
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1999.tb01163.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hearing loss , epidemiology , audiology , congenital hearing loss , pediatrics , rehabilitation , hearing impaired , sensorineural hearing loss , physical therapy
The devastating consequences of a congenital/early‐acquired hearing disability on the speech language and social development of a child and the estimated prevalence rates of at least 1−1.5/ 1000 live births of congenital permanent hearing impairment are important health problems. Universal neonatal hearing screening programs have provided the opportunity to detect neonates with permanent congenital hearing loss, and thus initiate auditory rehabilitation before the age of 3 mo. Universal neonatal hearing screening represents secondary prevention of hearing impairment/ deafness, and the world‐wide documented delayed identification of children with congenital/early‐acquired hearing impairment will no doubt be improved with the implementation of universal neonatal hearing screening programs.