Objectives of the present work were to analyze the prevalence of hearing loss in our population of screened newborns during the first 9 years of the universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) program at University Hospital Sassari (Italy) (AOU Sassari), to analyze the risk factors involved, and to analyze our effectiveness in terms of referral rates and dropout rates.
Audiological Risk Factors, Referral Rates and Dropouts: 9 Years of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening in North Sardinia / De Luca, Laura Maria; Malesci, Rita; Gallus, Roberto; Melis, Andrea; Palmas, Sara; Degni, Emilia; Crescio, Claudia; Piras, Maria Lucia; Arca Sedda, Maria Francesca; Canu, Giovanna Maria; Rizzo, Davide; Olzai, Mauro Giorgio; Dessole, Salvatore; Sotgiu, Giovanni; Fetoni, Anna Rita; Bussu, Francesco. - In: CHILDREN. - ISSN 2227-9067. - 9:9(2022), p. 1362. [10.3390/children9091362]
Audiological Risk Factors, Referral Rates and Dropouts: 9 Years of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening in North Sardinia
De Luca, Laura Maria;Gallus, Roberto;Melis, Andrea;Palmas, Sara;Piras, Maria Lucia;Arca Sedda, Maria Francesca;Canu, Giovanna Maria;Rizzo, Davide;Olzai, Mauro Giorgio;Dessole, Salvatore;Sotgiu, Giovanni;Bussu, Francesco
2022-01-01
Abstract
Objectives of the present work were to analyze the prevalence of hearing loss in our population of screened newborns during the first 9 years of the universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) program at University Hospital Sassari (Italy) (AOU Sassari), to analyze the risk factors involved, and to analyze our effectiveness in terms of referral rates and dropout rates.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
