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Neonatal screening for hearing impairment
Colin R KennedyDepartment of Child
Health, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
Correspondence to: Dr Kennedy, Mailpoint 21, Child Health, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO51 OQJ, UK crk1@soton.ac.uk29/06/00
Accepted 17 July 2000
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Hearing impairment in childhood may be conductive or sensorineural
or a combination of the two (mixed) with additive effects. Impairments
affect one or both ears, vary from mild to profound in degree, and may
be congenital, acquired, transient, fluctuating, recurrent,
progressive, or permanent. Screening positive for hearing impairment at
any age leads firstly to the need for follow up tests, including an
estimation of hearing threshold levels, and secondly, if these are
elevated, to a medical evaluation to determine whether or not the
hearing loss is permanent. Bilateral congenital permanent childhood
hearing impairment (PCHI) of moderate or greater degree can be expected
to lead to major deficits in the development of language as well as
secondary effects on the child and the family. This is largely
avoidable with early intervention,1-2 thus providing the
rationale for neonatal screening. Consideration of this rationale and
its practical implications is
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