Postnatal childhood hearing loss is the hearing disorder detected after birth. There are three types: progressive, late-onset and acquired. These are compounded by those attributed to the lack of sensitivity of diagnostic technology or non-compliance with protocols.
This CODEPEH Recommendations Paper aims to provide guidance on the need for effective protocols for the early detection and treatment of postnatal hearing loss. The current debate turns on having scientific benchmarks and new lines of application of the programme for the early detection of childhood hearing loss configured as a continuous hearing prevention service throughout childhood, both to follow up cases that “fail” neonatal screening and for children with hearing risk factors, and to detect cases of postnatal hearing loss. The Paper is centred on the study of postnatal hearing loss, foccusing on its classification and aetiology and proposing prevention and detection strategies.
This Recommendations Paper was prepared in the framework of the project entitled Late Onset or Progressive Hearing Loss in Children: Prevention, Early Detection and Diagnosis, developed by the Spanish Confederation of Families of Deaf People (FIAPAS) in collaboration with the Commission for the Early Detection of Childhood Hearing Loss (CODEPEH), with the co-organisation of the Royal Board on Disability.
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