The Bradford and Airedale baby hearing project. An assessment of the impact of screening on the earlier detection of infant hearing loss.
An infant screening programme based on auditory brain stem response testing (ABR) to detect hearing loss in high-risk babies has been introduced in West Yorkshire. In the 3 year period prior to the introduction of the screen hearing loss was diagnosed by the age of 9 months in only 12%. This increased to 85% for children screened by a high-risk register and ABR.
Comerford
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Department of Otolaryngology and Audiology, Bradford Royal Infirmary, UK.
Watson
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Khan
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Hussain
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D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007229:Infant Welfare; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015997:Neonatal Screening