title: Childhood hearing surveillance activity in Italy: preliminary recommendations.
abstract: Following the positive outcomes of the newborn hearing screening programmes already underway in several Italian regions, it is now necessary to address the identification of childhood hearing impairments that missed the neonatal screening programme or have delayed onset. Within the framework of the Ministry of Health project CCM 2013 "Preventing Communication Disorders: a Regional Program for early Identification, Intervention and Care of Hearing Impaired Children", a group of professionals identified three main recommendations that can be useful to improve hearing surveillance activity within the regional and state Italian Health System. The family paediatrician is recognised as having a key role in ongoing monitoring of hearing capacity and development of the growing child.
authors.affiliation: Audiology and Otolaryngology Unit, Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", Trieste, Italy;
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Orzan
authors.affiliation: Family Paediatrician, Azienda per l'Assistenza Sanitaria n. 5 "Friuli Occidentale", Italy;
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ruta
authors.affiliation: Service of Audiology, Azienda per l'Assistenza Sanitaria n. 5 "Friuli Occidentale", Hospital of Pordenone, Italy;
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bolzonello
authors.affiliation: Audiology and Otolaryngology Unit, Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", Trieste, Italy;
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marchi
authors.affiliation: Family Paediatrician Azienda per l'Assistenza Sanitaria n. 5 "Friuli Occidentale", Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ceschin
authors.affiliation: Audiology and Otolaryngology Unit, Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", Trieste, Italy;
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ciciriello
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy; D015997:Neonatal Screening
keywords: Health surveillance; Hearing loss children; Paediatric primary care; Paediatrician; Regular health visits; SWOT analysis