THE BRADFORD AND AIREDALE BABY HEARING PROJECT - AN ASSESSMENT OF THEIMPACT OF SCREENING ON THE EARLIER DETECTION OF INFANT HEARING-LOSS

Authors
COMERFORD DG WATSON C KHAN MS HUSSAIN SSM
Citation
Dg. Comerford et al., THE BRADFORD AND AIREDALE BABY HEARING PROJECT - AN ASSESSMENT OF THEIMPACT OF SCREENING ON THE EARLIER DETECTION OF INFANT HEARING-LOSS, Clinical otolaryngology and allied sciences, 20(6), 1995, pp. 536-539
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Clinical otolaryngology and allied sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
03077772
Volume
20
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
536 - 539
Database
ISI
SICI code
0307-7772(1995)20:6<536:TBAABH>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
An infant screening programme based on auditory brain stem response te sting (ABR) to detect hearing loss in high-risk babies has been introd uced in West Yorkshire. In the 3 year period prior to the introduction of the screen hearing loss was diagnosed by the age of 9 months in on ly 12%. This increased to 85% for children screened by a high-risk reg ister and ABR.