Objective: Assess the global status of newborn/infant hearing screening (NIHS) and its
effectiveness in early detection and intervention of permanent childhood hearing loss …

There is substantial evidence that newborn hearing screening (NHS) reduces the negative
sequelae of permanent childhood hearing loss (PCHL) if performed in programs that aim to …

Recent prevalence estimates indicate that in 2015 almost half a billion people—about 6.8%
of the world's population—had disabling hearing loss and that prevalence numbers will …

The late detection of permanent congenital and early-onset hearing loss (PCEHL) often has
severe effects on linguistic, speech, cognitive and educational development in affected …

With about 1 in 1000 born with severe to profound hearing loss and about 5 in 1000 with
lesser degrees of loss, congenital deafness is the commonest major birth defect. It is the …

Objectives To assess the performance of newborn hearing screening (NHS) programmes,
through selected quality measures and their relationship to protocol design. Design NHS …

The universal screening of newborn children for permanent hearing loss has become a
standard health and educational service in many, if not most, developed countries …

The present statement reviews the evidence for universal newborn hearing screening
(UNHS). A systematic review of the literature was conducted using Medline and using …

The decision to mandate, finance, and implement a universal newborn hearing screening
(UNHS) requires the evaluation of its therapy-directed benefit by comparing (1) a procedure …

The Report summarizes the outcome of a recent informal consultation convened by the
World Health Organization (WHO) in 2009 pursuant to the 1995 resolution of the World …