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This presentation describes the importance of neonatal hearing screening, ie. to check if babies can hear. Only if babies are checked and diagnosed early can they undergo best optimal treatment. This presentation was given at the first Monsana Conference in St. Petersburg. Please also check the blog http://www.monsana.net/firstconference
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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- 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: ml@lehnhardt-stiftung.org
http://www.lehnhardt-stiftung.org
Email: m.lehnhardt@t-online.de
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