Polish Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening Programme

Maciej Wróbel; Witold Szyfter

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Postępy w chirurgii głowy i szyi/Advances in Head and Neck Surgery

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2/2011
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Polish Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening Programme

Maciej Wróbel

,

Witold Szyfter

(Postępy w Chirurgii Głowy i Szyi 2011; 2: 56–59)

Online publish date: 2011/10/18

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The Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening Programme is the biggest prophylactic programme in Poland. It is organized to cover every newborn with a hearing test in order to detect individuals with hearing loss and refer them for early treatment. This article presents a summary of the Programme activity, outcomes as well as the historical background of screening tests in Poland.

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Polish Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening Programme

Maciej Wróbel , Witold Szyfter

neonates, hypoacusis, screening tests, otoacoustic emission

Maciej Wróbel

,

Witold Szyfter