The report of the Polish Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening Program in 2016
Journal Title: Otolaryngologia Polska - Year 2018, Vol 72, Issue 1
Abstract
The Polish Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening Program (PUNHSP) has been carried out in Poland for 14 years. The main aim of this Program is to organize hearing screening tests and to gather the Informations about risk factors of hearing loss in almost all newborns in Poland. It consists of 496 centers at 3 referral levels. A total of 5 458 114 children had been registered in the Central Database (CDB) of PUNHSP by the 22nd of August 2017. Bilateral sensorineural hearing loss was the most frequently appearing hearing impairment in children. It was diagnosed in 260 cases in 2016. This report presents the most important results and conclusions concerning the running of the PUNHSP in 2016.<br/><br/>
Authors and Affiliations
Monika Zych, Grażyna Greczka, Piotr Dąbrowski, Maciej Wróbel, Joanna Szyfter-Harris, Witold Szyfter
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