Neonatal hearing screening – a short overview of the situation in western europe-eng 2009-05

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Neonatal Hearing Screening – a short overview of the situation in

Western Europe

Dr. Dr. h.c. Monika Lehnhardt, GermanyMay 2009

Incidence per 10,000 of Congenital Defects/Diseases

30

12 11

6 5 52 1

0

10

20

30

40

Hearing Loss

Cleft lip or palate

Down Syndrome

Limb defects

Spina bifida

Hypothyroidism

Sickle Cell Anemia

PKU

Deafness is not visible

Equipment for Newborn Hearing Screening

Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE)

Automated Auditory Brainstem Response (AABR)

Nucleus® Freedom™ CI System Modern Hearing Aids (e.g. from Phonak)

ECDC- NHS Milan, 15 - 16 May 1998

European Consensus Statement on

Neonatal Hearing Screening

Finalised at the European Consensus Development Conference on Neonatal Hearing Screening

15-16 May 1998, Milan

Chairman: F. Grandori

>95%

<1%

~40%

?

?

~80%

~55%

~80%

Screening Coverage (2008)

Austria

Belgium

Switzerland

Croatia

Future ???

 “Infants cannot complain of lack of hearing, and cannot seek interventions we would surely not deny ourselves. We can and we must do their complaining for them!”

Dr. Martyn Hyde

http://www.schenken-sie-kindern-gehoer.de

Email: ml@lehnhardt-stiftung.org

http://www.lehnhardt-stiftung.org

Email: m.lehnhardt@t-online.de

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