Post-natal hearing loss

Dr Emma Williams1,2  1Ministry of Health, Thorndon, New Zealand,  2Paediatric Department – Wellington Hospital, Newtown, New Zealand   In New Zealand children aged 4 years have preschool hearing screening at the B4 School Check using pure tone audiometry (PT). Pure...
  • January 9, 2019
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Miss Stephanie Keszegi1, Dr Rachael Beswick1, Mrs Jane Fitzgibbons1, Dr Carlie Driscoll2  1Healthy Hearing, Brisbane, Australia, 2University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia   Established universal newborn hearing screening pathways are effective in identifying congenital hearing loss. There is evidence, however, that...
  • January 9, 2019
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Dr Rachael Beswick1  1Children’s Health Qld, Nundah, Australia   Unlike newborn hearing screening, the current system to detect hearing loss that develops after the newborn period is de-centralised and unco-ordinated. In Queensland, there are several state-funded and non-government programs, however,...
  • January 9, 2019
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Mrs Beth Polkinghorne1, Dr Rachael Beswick1, Ms Lia Traves1  1Children’s Health Queensland, Australia   Children’s Health Queensland has recognised the need to deliver hearing screening in the community to those children not already accessing services through the three other screening...
  • January 8, 2019
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