title: Overview of newborn hearing screening programs in Brazilian maternity hospitals.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Newborn hearing screening has as its main objective the early identification of hearing loss in newborns and infants. In order to guarantee good results, quality indicators for newborn hearing screening programs are used as benchmarks.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To observe and describe the reality of national newborn hearing screening programs in Brazil, and to evaluate if they can be referred to as having quality indicators.
  
  
  METHODS
  Integrative literature review in databases such as MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO, and Google.
  
  
  RESULTS
  22 articles were analyzed in relation to newborn hearing screening coverage, the place and period newborn hearing screening was performed, initial results, referral to diagnostic procedures, loss to follow-up, and occurrence of hearing loss.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transient otoacoustic emissions were the most often used screening methodology. Coverage varied widely, and only a few maternity wards achieved 95% of the cases screened. Referral to diagnostic procedures was under 4%, but lack of adherence can be considered a barrier to successful follow-up. The occurrence of hearing loss ranged from 0% to 1.09%. The involvement of government, physicians, and society is necessary, so that the goals of newborn hearing screening can be achieved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Phonoaudiology, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB, Brazil. Electronic address: hannafono@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Hannalice Gottschalck
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Cavalcanti
authors.affiliation: Department of Phonoaudiology, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luciana Pimentel Fernandes de
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.affiliation: Department of Phonoaudiology, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Laisa Flávia Soares Fernandes Peixoto
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Buarque
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ricardo Oliveira
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Guerra
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015997:Neonatal Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D015397:Program Evaluation
keywords: Audição; Hearing; Hearing loss; Neonatal screening; Perda auditiva; Triagem neonatal