Programa de tamizaje universal e intervención precoz (PTUIP) en hipoacusia sensorioneural bilateral congénita: Tarea pendiente desde la perspectiva de políticas públicas de salud en Chile / Universal screening program and early intervention (uspei) in congenital bilateral sensorineural hearing loss in Chile
Rev. méd. Chile
; 141(8): 1057-1063, ago. 2013. tab
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in Es
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ABSTRACT
Congenital hearing loss is the total or partial inability to hear sounds through the ears. It is the most common disability in newborns in Chile and worldwide, and is a permanent condition. The direct impact on children who are not adequately diagnosed is the alteration in acquisition of language and cognitive skills and a decline in their social and school insertion, jeopardizing their professional and potentially productive life. Universal screening programs for hearing loss are essential for the diagnosis, since 50% of infants with hearing loss have no known risk factor. Screening before one month of age, confirmation before 3 months, and effective intervention before 6 months, allows the development of these children as if they had normal hearing. In Chile there is a selective program of screening for infants aged less than 32 weeks or 1,500 grams, as part of Explicit Health Guarantees, but it covers only 0.9% of newborns per year. Therefore, a large majority of children remain without diagnosis. The aim of this review is to compare the situation in Chile with other countries, raising the need to move towards a universal neonatal hearing loss screening program, and propose necessary conditions in terms of justification and implementation of a universal screening public policy.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Neonatal Screening
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Hearing Loss, Bilateral
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Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limits:
Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Chile
Language:
Es
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
MEDICINA
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Country of publication:
Chile