| TEN-YEAR QUALITY ASSURANCE OF THE NATIONWIDE HEARING SCREENING PROGRAMME IN DUTCH NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS. | |
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PMID: 21342253 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Aim: To evaluate quality assurance of ten years newborn hearing screening (NHS) in Dutch Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU). Methods: Results of the two-stage Automated Auditory Brainstem Response (AABR) screening and diagnostic examination in NICU graduates were centrally registered between October 1998 and December 2008. This registration facilitates screening, tracking and follow-up after abnormal screening results. Outcome measures are referral rates, prevalence rate of hearing loss and (trends of) coverage rates and timeliness of follow-up. Results: 32,102 infants have been screened. Referral rates were 9.2% at the first and 26.3% at the second stage. Hearing loss was diagnosed in 728 infants (2.2%). Coverage rates were 98.7% at the first, 92.1% at the second stage, 92.3% for the diagnostic examination and 97.9% for the complete programme. After correction for gestational age, 95.8% of the infants had their first AABR <1 month, 81.8% of the referred infants had their second AABR <6 weeks and 67.1% were diagnosed <3 months. There was a positive trend in referred infants that had their second AABR <6 weeks (p=0.004) as well as in infants diagnosed <3 months (p<0.001). Conclusion: The NHS in Dutch NICUs is effective. Timely identification of hearing loss is improving over time. |
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Paula van Dommelen; H L M Irma van Straaten; Paul H Verkerk; |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-2-22 |
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Title: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) Volume: - ISSN: 1651-2227 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
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Created Date: 2011-2-23 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9205968 Medline TA: Acta Paediatr Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Acta Paediatrica © 2011 Foundation Acta Paediatrica. |
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Department of Statistics, TNO Quality of Life, Leiden, The Netherlands Amalia Department of Paediatrics / Neonatology, Isala Clinics, Zwolle, The Netherlands Department of Youth, TNO Quality of Life, Leiden, The Netherlands Members of the Dutch NICU Neonatal Hearing Screening Working Group are listed in the Appendix. |
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