The effectiveness of the promotion of newborn hearing ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由CMHuang著作·2014·被引用20次—ThefirstuniversalnewbornhearingscreeningprograminTaiwantookplaceinMacKayMemorialHospitalin1998andwassubsequentlyendorsedbythe ...

Objective: Hearing is a critical ability for the development of a childs speech and language. Many studies in different countries have shown the universal newborn hearing screening and early intervention has greatly reduced the negative impact caused by congenital hearing loss. The first universal newborn hearing screening program in Taiwan took place in MacKay Memorial Hospital in 1998 and was subsequently endorsed by the government. The incidence of bilateral congenital hearing impairment in Taiwan is approximately 2.6 per 1000 live birth. The aim of this paper is to analyze the age of diagnosis, hearing aid fitting, and intervention of congenitally hearing impaired children with and without hearing screening after public awareness and government endorsement of newborn hearing screening.

Materials and methods: There were 263 hearing impaired children participated in this study, receiving their aud...