A critical review of the role of neonatal hearing screening in the detection of congenital hearing impairment.

Davis, Adrian; , Bamford; , Wilson; , Ramkalawan; Forshaw, Mark; , Wright

doi:10.3310/hta1100

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A critical review of the role of neonatal hearing screening in the detection of congenital hearing impairment.

Published in Health Technology Assessment • Jan 1, 1997

Authors:

Adrian Davis

Bamford

Wilson

Abstract

BACKGROUND: This review was commissioned because of the increasing doubt about the ability of existing screening programmes (mainly the health visitor distraction test (HVDT) at 7-8 months) to identify children with congenital hearing impairment, and technological advances which have made neonatal h...

Subject

Medicine

Hearing loss

Quality of life (healthcare)

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