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Newborn sensorineural hearing loss – what is the incidence?

4 March 2024 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Auditory Implants, Audiology - Paediatric, Otology, Paediatric ENT | congenital hearing loss, newborn hearing screening, otitis media with effusion, sensorineural hearing loss, vernix

In the last two decades, the introduction of newborn screening for hearing loss has dramatically lowered the average age of newborn hearing loss diagnosis to around two to three months of age. The benefits of early diagnosis are manifold, enabling...