Review of a high risk register for congenital or early-onset deafness.
This paper is an attempt to assess the success of a high risk register for congenital or early onset of severe to profound hearing impairment. With some years experience, and a large number of publications, it is possible to evaluate (at least in part) the extent to which such a register actually does permit us to identify these infants. To that end, an extensive review is reported here and some recommendations are made.
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Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106.
D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000151:congenital* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008403:Mass Screening; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D012409:Rubella / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology