A critical review of the role of neonatal hearing screening in the detection of congenital hearing impairment
Davis A, Bamford J, Wilson I, Ramkalawan T, Forshaw M, Wright S
Record ID 31998008181
English
Authors' objectives:
To review the available literature on the screening of permanent childhood hearing impairment. To provide commissioners and providers of health care with information about how to deliver a more uniform service, better outcomes, and more cost-effective screening. To identify areas for further research and service development.
Authors' recommendations:
Neonatal hearing screening in the UK has been successfully implemented for targeted screening (in over two-thirds of Districts) and universal screening (in two Districts). Universal neonatal screening has a lower running cost and much lower cost per child detected than HVDT. Coverage can be greater than 90% and specificity about 95%. Sensitivity has not yet been assessed but may be greater than 90% as indicated by the yield from the universal screening trial.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.hta.ac.uk/911
Year Published:
1997
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
- Hearing Disorders
- Hearing Tests
- Infant, Newborn
Contact
Organisation Name:
NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address:
NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Copyright:
2009 Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO
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