Universal Newborn Hearing Screening

Universal Newborn Hearing Screening

Without follow-up, the short- and long-term effectiveness of universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) will be indeterminable, and it will be impossible to access the true incidence of false-positive rates and to compare the reliability of protocols in various institutions. Wittman-Price et al soug...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of nursing 2002-11, Vol.102 (11), p.71-77
Hauptverfasser: Wittmann-Price, Ruth A., Pope, Kathy A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Attitude to Health
Audiology
Auditory brainstem responses
Auditory perception
Babies
Deafness
Ears & hearing
Hearing
Hearing loss
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - classification
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - diagnosis
Hearing tests
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
Medical screening
Neonatal screening
Neonatal Screening - methods
Newborn babies
Newborns
Nurses
Nursing
Otoacoustic emissions
Parents
Parents & parenting
Patient education
Pennsylvania
Screening
Screening tests
Severity of Illness Index
Surveys and Questionnaires
USA
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Zusammenfassung:Without follow-up, the short- and long-term effectiveness of universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) will be indeterminable, and it will be impossible to access the true incidence of false-positive rates and to compare the reliability of protocols in various institutions. Wittman-Price et al sought to determine whether they could increase the number of parents who follow up, using parental education and the involvement of the nursing staff, by designing a project at a level II perinatal center.
ISSN:0002-936X
1538-7488
DOI:10.1097/00000446-200211000-00031