Universal Newborn Hearing Screening

Universal newborn hearing screening: A question of evidence

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The effect of early confirmation of hearing loss on the behaviour in middle childhood of children with bilateral hearing impairment

“…We prespecified the definition of early confirmation of permanent childhood hearing impairment as confirmation by none completed months of age. This was consistent with the definition in our previous trial of universal newborn screening21 and with the US Preventive Services Task Force benchmark for diagnosing or treating infants of nine completed months of age 22…”

Evaluation of universal newborn hearing screening in Switzerland 2012 and follow-up data for Zurich

“…In the University Hospital Zurich, follow-up takes place at an average age of 2.4 months. The screening fail rate of 2.1%, with an ultimate relevant bilateral hearing impairment in 0.12% is consistent with published results [6]. Each country will have specific barriers to the uptake of such screening programmes and their appropriate followup.…”