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Neonatal Hearing Screening – a survey on the situation in worldwide Dr. Dr. h.c. Monika Lehnhardt, Germany Yerevan, September 4, 2009
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Neonatal Hearing Screening – a survey on the situation in
worldwide
Dr. Dr. h.c. Monika Lehnhardt, GermanyYerevan, September 4, 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- NHSMilan, 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
Germany
>95%
<1%
~40%
?
?
~80%
~55%
~80%
Screening Coverage (2008)
Austria
Belgium
Netherlands
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Poland
Croatia
Spain
“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: [email protected]
http://www.lehnhardt-stiftung.org
Email: [email protected]
