From Neonatal Hearing Screening to Intervention: Results of the Dutch Program for Neonatal Hearing Screening in Well Babies
In the Netherlands, Youth Health Care services (YHC) have been carrying out neonatal hearing screening (NHS) in newborns since 2006. The aim of the NHS is to identify children with permanent hearing loss, so that intervention can be started before the age of 4 months. Early detection of hearing loss is important, as children who start intervention early have been shown to develop better. This article describes the structure and performance of the NHS carried out by the YHC, the quality of the program, and the timeliness of the start of intervention. Since its implementation, the NHS has been a... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | International Journal of Neonatal Screening, Vol 4, Iss 3, p 27 (2018) |
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MDPI AG
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Schlagwörter: | neonatal hearing screening / population screening program / hearing loss / young children / early intervention / Pediatrics / RJ1-570 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28989363 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns4030027 |