Outcomes of newborn hearing screening at an academic secondary level hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa

Outcomes of newborn hearing screening at an academic secondary level hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa

Background: The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) issued early hearing detection and intervention guidelines, which has universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) as one of the important goals. Despite established evidence of the importance of UNHS globally, there has been no mandat...

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Main Authors: Jacqueline K. Bezuidenhout, Katijah Khoza-Shangase, Tim De Maayer, Renate Strehlau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2021-01-01
Series:South African Journal of Communication Disorders
Subjects:
otoacoustic emission
newborn hearing screening
refer rates
risk factors
public healthcare
outcomes.
Online Access:https://sajcd.org.za/index.php/sajcd/article/view/741

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