Childhood hearing screening: achievements, difficulties, and possible ways to improve

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Childhood hearing screening: achievements, difficulties, and possible ways to improve Via Vestnik otorinolaringologii Vestn Otorinolaringol. 2021;86(1):82-89. doi: 10.17116/otorino20218601182. ABSTRACT Hearing impairment is the most common sensory impairment that is seen among adults and children. The frequency of congenital hearing loss is well-known due to implementation of newborn hearing screening. Hearing may change throughout a lifetime due to different factors and, therefore, the number of hearing impaired children increases with age. Introduction of universal newborn hearing screening has enabled earlier detection of hearing loss including unilateral and minimal disorders. Nevertheless, despite significant progress made in this field, there is still a group of hearing impairments that stay undiagnosed timely. Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorders, late-onset hearing loss, low-frequency and minimal hearing impairment are sometimes missed in newborn hearing screening or they manifest later. These types of hearing disorders are covered in detail in this review as well as possible ways of increasing the effectiveness of early diagnosis. PMID:33720658 | DOI:10.17116/otorino20218601182 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.