Routine Newborn HEARING Screening- An Indian Experience

Sailender16 Dec, 2019Health

Newborn screening programs have been implemented in the majority of developed countries. Neonatal hearing loss is one of the newborn disorders that remains undiagnosed and is typically identified with an established language delay. The average age at the time of diagnosis in unscreened children is 24 months, whereas few children remain undiagnosed until school age.