objectives: in september 2002 university of social welfare & rehabilitation sciences established a pilot universal newborn hearing screening program in two crowded maternity hospital in tehran. our objective was to assess the feasibility of implementing universal newborn hearing screening in iran. methods: between september 2002 and march 2004 a total of 7718 newborns were screened for hearing ...

Objectives: In September 2002 University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences established a pilot universal newborn hearing screening program in two crowded maternity hospital in Tehran. Our objective was to assess the feasibility of implementing universal newborn hearing screening in IRAN. Methods: Between September 2002 and March 2004 a total of 7718 newborns were screened for heari...

Introduction: Newborn hearing screening leads to the early detection of hearing impairment. The aim of screening is to decrease or remove the effect of hearing impairment on development of speech and language by timely diagnosis and effective treatment. A number of risk factors lead to delayed start of decreased hearing ability including: 1. Congenital infection with cytomegalovirus  (CMV) viru...

background hearing loss is the most common congenital disorder the incidence of which is further increased in the presence of risk factors for hearing loss among newborns admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu). the aim of this study was early diagnosis and intervention for hearing loss in newborns discharged from nicu. materials and methods this prospective cohort study was conduct...

introduction: newborn hearing screening leads to the early detection of hearing impairment. the aim of screening is to decrease or remove the effect of hearing impairment on development of speech and language by timely diagnosis and effective treatment. a number of risk factors lead to delayed start of decreased hearing ability including: 1. congenital infection with cytomegalovirus  (cmv) viru...

CONTEXT Newborn hearing screening programs have been implemented in many countries because it was thought that the earlier permanent childhood hearing impairment is detected, the less developmentally disadvantaged children would become. To date, however, no strong evidence exists for universal introduction of newborn hearing screening. OBJECTIVE To study the effect of newborn hearing screenin...

OBJECTIVES To review studies on newborn hearing screening in Hong Kong and the current evidence on the cost-effectiveness of universal newborn hearing screening programmes and to determine their value and the best model for such a programme in Hong Kong. DATA SOURCE Medline literature search (1985-2004), local reports and abstracts available to the author. STUDY SELECTION Literature and dat...

OBJECTIVE In this review, we have presented the data of our National Newborn Hearing Screening Program (NNHSP) with total 764,352 newborns those screened in last five years. METHODS National Newborn Hearing Screening Program (NNHSP) has been conducted in Turkey since the year 2003. National Newborn Hearing Screening Program (NNHSP) had begun at the end of 2003 only in 1 center. After birth, i...