Effectiveness of universal newborn hearing screening: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors:
- Karen EdmondKEKaren Edmond
- Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) review groupUGUniversal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) review group
Open Access
- 19 October 2022
- journal article
- review article
- Published by International Society of Global Health in Journal of Global Health
- Vol. 12, 12006
Abstract
Universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) programs screen for hearing loss in all newborns as soon as possible after birth [1]. In many countries, UNHS programs are considered the standard of care [1–3]. There are two main tests used in UNHS: oto-acoustic emissions (OAE) and automated auditory brain stem responses (AABR) (sometimes called brainstem auditory evoked […]Keywords
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