TY - JOUR T1 - School hearing screening programme in the UK: practice and performance JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 154 LP - 156 DO - 10.1136/adc.2003.046979 VL - 90 IS - 2 AU - S Fonseca AU - H Forsyth AU - W Neary Y1 - 2005/02/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/90/2/154.abstract N2 - Background: Paediatric audiology services and screening programmes are currently under review.Aims and Methods: To investigate current practice and performance of the school hearing screening programme (SHSP) by means of a questionnaire.Results: SHSP was found to detect previously unrecognised hearing loss at low cost. Wide variation in practice was shown, and the majority of services had no computerised system for data collection.Conclusion: There is a need for nationally agreed protocols and quality assurance procedures. ER -