Newborn hearing screening coverage and detection rates of hearing impairment across China from 2008-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Newborn hearing screening (NHS) can reduce the economic and social burden of hearing impairment. To track the progress of the goal set by the National Program of Action for Child Development (NPACD) and to estimate the detection rates of hearing impairment, the present study examined NHS coverage in 2008-2010 and 2016 and the detection of hearing impairment across China in 2016.

Methods

Licensed medical institutions across China were surveyed in 2012 and 2018 by the National Center for Birth Defects Monitoring of China to collect data for the 2008-2010 period and for 2016 on live births, initial screening rates (total and referral), secondary screening rates (total and referral), and rates of hearing impairment diagnosis among infants who were referred in the seco

SUBMITTER: Yuan X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7391493 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature