Assessment of hearing screening programmes across 47 countries or regions III: provision of childhood hearing screening after the newborn period.
Int J Audiol
; 60(11): 841-848, 2021 11.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33835906
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To inventory provision and features of childhood hearing screening after the newborn period (CHS), primarily in Europe.DESIGN:
From each participating country or region, experts provided information through an extensive questionnaire implementation year, age at screening, test method, pass criteria, screening location, screener profession, and quality indicators coverage, referral, follow-up and detection rates, supplemented by literature sources. STUDY SAMPLE Forty-two European countries or regions, plus Russia, Malawi, Rwanda, India, and China.RESULTS:
CHS was performed universally with pure-tone audiometry screening (PTS) in 17 countries or regions, whereas non-universal CHS was performed in eight with PTS or whisper tests. All participating countries with universal PTS had newborn hearing screening. Coverage rate was provided from three countries, detection rate from one, and referral and follow-up rate from two. In four countries, universal PTS was performed at two ages. Earliest universal PTS was performed in a (pre)school setting by nurses (n = 9, median age 5 years, range 3-7), in a healthcare setting by doctors and nurses (n = 7, median age 4.5 years, range 4-7), or in both (n = 1).CONCLUSIONS:
Within universal CHS, PTS was mostly performed at 4-6 years by nurses. Insufficient collection of data and monitoring with quality indicators impedes evaluation of screening.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Mass Screening
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Hearing Tests
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limits:
Child, preschool
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Humans
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Newborn
Language:
En
Journal:
Int J Audiol
Journal subject:
AUDIOLOGIA
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Países Bajos