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Article: Data on hearing screen published by P. Mezzano and colleagues.(Report)
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- Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
- Article date:
- November 15, 2009
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According to a study from Genoa, Italy, "The objective of this study was to estimate the cost of a Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening (UNHS) programme in an Italian region. A cost analysis of a regional UNHS programme was carried out on 32,502 newborns. 31,992 (98.4%) were no audiological risk (NAR) subjects and 510 were babies with audiological risk (WAR) (1.6%)."
"UNHS was performed on two levels. The first level involved otoacustic emission (OAE) testing on NAR subjects, while the second level involved auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing of WAR and of NAR with 2nd OAE Refer tests. The cost of screening was (sic)13.32 per screened NAR infant. The total ...