Neonatal Hearing Screening
a survey on the situation in
worldwide
Dr. Dr. h.c. Monika Lehnhardt, Germany
Yerevan, September 4, 2009

Incidence per 10,000 of Congenital Defects/Diseases
ia
U em
PK An
ll
1
Ce
l e
ck ism
Si o id
2
yr
th
po
Hy a
fid
5
bi
i na
Sp c ts
fe
5
de e
b m
Lim ro
nd
6
Sy
n te
w la
Do pa
or
11
l ip
e ft
Cl os
s
12
gL
in
ar
He
30
20
40
10
30
0

Deafness is not visible

Equipment for Newborn Hearing Screening
Otoacoustic Emissions Automated Auditory Brainstem
(OAE) Response (AABR)

Nucleus® Freedom CI System Modern Hearing Aids
(e.g. from Phonak)

ECDC- NHS
Milan, 15 - 16 May 1998
European Consensus Statement on
Neonatal Hearing
Screening
Finalised at the European Consensus Development
Conference on Neonatal Hearing Screening
15-16 May 1998, Milan
Chairman: F. Grandori

Germany

~80%
?
~40%
~55%
>95%
?
<1%
~80%
Screening Coverage (2008)

Austria

Belgium

Netherlands

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Poland

Croatia

Spain

Infants cannot complain of lack of hearing, and cannot
seek interventions we would surely not deny ourselves.
We can and we must do their complaining for them!
Dr. Martyn Hyde

http://www.schenken-sie-kindern-gehoer.de
http://www.lehnhardt-stiftung.org
Email: ml@lehnhardt-stiftung.org
Email: m.lehnhardt@t-online.de