The New York State Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Demonstration Project: Ages of Hearing Loss Identification, Hearing Aid Fitting, and Enrollment in Early Intervention

Dalzell, Larry E.; Orlando, Mark; MacDonald, Matthew Kenneth; Berg, Abbey L.; Bradley, M.B.; Cacace, Anthony T.; Campbell, Deborah E.; DeCristofaro, Joseph D.; Gravel, Judith S.; Greenberg, Ellen; Gross, Steven J.; Pinheiro, Joaquim; Regan, Joan; Spivak, Lynn; Stevens, Frances; Prieve, Beth A.

doi:10.1097/00003446-200004000-00006

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“…The result was slightly lower when compared to a series by Dalzell et al, [14] which showed presence of hearing impairment in 61% babies who were admitted in NICU.…”

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Hearing Screening in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India

Kumar

Shah

Patel

et al. 2015

JCDR

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“…The result was slightly lower when compared to a series by Dalzell et al, [14] which showed presence of hearing impairment in 61% babies who were admitted in NICU.…”

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confidence: 60%

Hearing Screening in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India

Kumar

Shah

Patel

et al. 2015

JCDR

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“…25,26 Although the majority of infants in the United States are now screened, several recent studies report children with less severe degrees of loss, such as UHL and MBHL, are not being identified at the expected prevalence. 2,22,[27][28][29] As noted in Table 1 In comparison, research findings in the literature reported prevalence estimates in newborns for UHL that ranged from between 0.8/1000 to 2.7/1000. 27,29 Only 1 study had published data on the prevalence of MBHL in newborns, reporting a prevalence of 0.36 28 (Table 1).…”

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Hearing Screening and Diagnostic Evaluation of Children With Unilateral and Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss

Ross

Holstrum

Gaffney

et al. 2008

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More than 90% of newborns in the United States are now being screened for hearing loss. A large fraction of cases of unilateral hearing loss and mild bilateral hearing loss are not currently identified through newborn hearing screening. This is of concern because a preponderance of research has demonstrated that unilateral hearing loss and mild bilateral hearing loss can lead to developmental delays and educational problems for some children. To help address this probable underidentification of unilateral hearing loss and mild bilateral hearing loss among infants and children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Early Hearing Detection and Intervention program and the Marion Downs Hearing Center convened a workshop in Breckenridge, Colorado, in July 2005. During this workshop, several issues related to screening and diagnosing unilateral hearing loss and mild bilateral hearing loss were identified, as well as recommendations for future research in this area. Issues identified included the lack of standardized definitions for permanent unilateral hearing loss and mild bilateral hearing loss; the use of screening protocols that are primarily designed to identify bilateral and unilateral hearing losses of a moderate degree or greater (eg, above 40 dB); calibration of screening equipment; availability of facilities that can provide the full range of audiologic, diagnostic, and management services to this pediatric population; and an overall lack of awareness by many professionals and families about the potential effect of unilateral hearing loss and mild bilateral hearing loss. Suggestions for future research, such as identifying ways to improve the identification of cases of unilateral hearing loss and mild bilateral hearing loss, were also discussed.

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“…About 1-2 per 1,000 children suffer from a neonatal bilateral permanent hearing loss that requires therapy [1] . For best therapy outcome infant hearing loss has to be treated as early as possible, before basal maturational processes of the auditory pathway are terminated [2] .…”

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Effectiveness and Efficiency of a Universal Newborn Hearing Screening in Germany

Neumann

Gross

Böttcher

et al. 2006

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The decision to mandate, finance, and implement a universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) requires the evaluation of its therapy-directed benefit by comparing (1) a procedure employing a UNHS with (2) a targeted screening for at-risk babies for neonatal hearing disorders and (3) a procedure without systematic screening. In a cohort study the outcome of the UNHS program of Hessen in 2005 with 17,439 screened newborns was analyzed. Validity, effectiveness, and efficiency were evaluated and compared to a sample of 98 Hessian and 355 German children who were detected in 2005 as hearing-impaired but not by an UNHS. The UNHS group had a PASS rate of 97.0%. Forty-nine hearing-impaired children were diagnosed at a median age of 3.1 months and treated at a median age of 3.5 months. Corresponding values for the Hessian non-UNHS group were 17.8 and 21.0 months. For Germany the median age at diagnosis was 39.0 months. The age at therapy onset correlated negatively with parameters of speech/language and psychosocial development. A targeted screening would have resulted in a low sensitivity of 65.3%. Hence, a UNHS is the most effective way to an early therapy of neonatal hearing disorders with an optimal outcome.

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The New York State Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Demonstration Project: Ages of Hearing Loss Identification, Hearing Aid Fitting, and Enrollment in Early Intervention

Abstract: Early ages of hearing loss identification, hearing aid fitting, and enrollment in early intervention can be achieved for infants from NICUs and WBNs and for infants at risk and not at risk for hearing loss in a large multi-center universal newborn hearing screening program.

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Hearing Screening in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India

Hearing Screening in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India

Hearing Screening and Diagnostic Evaluation of Children With Unilateral and Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss

Effectiveness and Efficiency of a Universal Newborn Hearing Screening in Germany

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