Primary Health Care. Early Diagnosis of Hearing Loss.
Severe congenital hearing impairment is an important handicap affecting 1-3 ‰ of live-born infants and 2-4 % of graduates of Neonatal Intensive Care Units. The prognosis for intellectual, emotional, language and speech development in the hearing impaired child is improved when the diagnosis is made...
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| Formato: | Artículo revista |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
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Escuela de Salud Pública y Ambiente. Fac. Cs. Médicas UNC
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RSD/article/view/7302 |
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| Sumario: | Severe congenital hearing impairment is an important handicap affecting 1-3 ‰ of live-born infants and 2-4 % of graduates of Neonatal Intensive Care Units. The prognosis for intellectual, emotional, language and speech development in the hearing impaired child is improved when the diagnosis is made early and intervention is begun before the age of 6 months.The usual age at diagnosis of hearing impairment is at least 18-30 months, or even later in cases of moderate or mild hearing loss, where there are no screening programs.Neonatal screening could give hearing-impaired children the best opportunities for optimal treatment, therapy and development.Finally, “universal” hearing screening is necessary because when it is limited to high risk group, 30-50% of newborn with hearing-impaired are not discovered |
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