title: The Bradford and Airedale baby hearing project. An assessment of the impact of screening on the earlier detection of infant hearing loss.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Audiology, Bradford Royal Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Comerford
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Hussain
mesh_terms: D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007229:Infant Welfare; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015997:Neonatal Screening