1.
Neonatal Hearing Screening
– a short overview of the situation in
Western Europe
Dr. Dr. h.c. Monika Lehnhardt, Germany
May 2009

2.
Incidence per 10,000 of Congenital Defects/Diseases
ia
U em
PK An
ll
1
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le sm
ck di
Si oi
yr
2
th
po
Hy a
fid
5
bi
a
in
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s
fe
5 b
de
m
e
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nd
6
Sy e
n at
w al
Do p
or
11
ip
tl
ef
Cl os
s
12
gL
in
ar
He
30
40
30
20
10
0

3.
Deafness is not visible

4.
Equipment for Newborn Hearing Screening
Otoacoustic Emissions Automated Auditory Brainstem
(OAE) Response (AABR)

5.
Nucleus® Freedom™ CI System Modern Hearing Aids
(e.g. from Phonak)

6.
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

7.
Germany

8.
~80%
?
~40%
~55%
>95%
?
<1%
~80%
Screening Coverage (2008)

9.
Austria

10.
Belgium

11.
Netherlands

12.
Switzerland

13.
United Kingdom

14.
Poland

15.
Croatia

16.
Spain

17.
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ut ur
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18.
“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

19.
http://www.schenken-sie-kindern-gehoer.de
http://www.lehnhardt-stiftung.org
Email: ml@lehnhardt-stiftung.org
Email: m.lehnhardt@t-online.de