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In 2014 to 2019 the International Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening (NIHS) Group asked via questionnaire for the status of the hearing screening in 196 states worldwide; data from 158 states were obtained: in 64 states there is no or less screening (38% of the world's population); in 41 states (38% of the world's population) >85% of the ...
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From 1993 to 1996, NCHAM directed a National Consortium for Newborn Hearing Screening that resulted in over 100 hospitals in 10 states implementing newborn hearing screening programs. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] From 1996 to 2000, NCHAM staff worked with newborn hearing screening programs in 35 states and provided direct assistance to over 200 ...
Marion Downs (January 26, 1914 – November 13, 2014) [1] was an American audiologist and professor emerita at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. She pioneered universal newborn hearing screening in the early 1960s and spent over 30 years advocating for its adoption in hospitals, as well as for the provision of hearing aids to infants displaying hearing loss. [2]
The Newborn and Infant Screening and Intervention Program Act was authored and sponsored, mainly, by Walsh in 1999. [ 8 ] [ 11 ] On March 11, 2009, the act was renamed as the James T. Walsh Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program, [ 6 ] and was identified within 42 United States Code 280g-1 . [ 6 ]
The World Health Organization (WHO) criterion for "priority for hearing aids" in children is an average hearing loss in the 31 to 80 dB HL range in the better ear (WHO, 2004 [19]). However, if there is a local capacity to provide appropriate hearing health care, according to McPherson and Olusanya (2008), [ 4 ] then this does not preclude ...
They also help design and implement personal and industrial hearing safety programs, newborn hearing screening programs, [6] school hearing screening programs, and provide special or custom fitted ear plugs and other hearing protection devices to help prevent hearing loss.
The Early Hearing Detection Intervention (EHDI) mandates each state and territory in the United States to implement programs providing newborn screening, diagnostic and early intervention. Programs are publicly funded and provided for free or at reduced cost for any eligible child. This serves all children with hearing loss.