Technological advances in Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening (UNHS)

Abstract

Within the last decade, numerous new challenges have appeared in the UNHS arena, such as i the need to validate the automated O"E/""R screeners ii the need to qualify the responses from the automated devices iii the need to obtain additional information i.e., hearing threshold for the subject under assessment, in a short period of time iv and the need to integrate numerous measurements in a single portable automated device. To respond to these clinical demands, several new methodologies have been introduced to the UNHS clinical practice. In this context, the aim of this chapter is to provide information on these new technological trends.