Audience: One professional per hospital/centre
Estimated time: 10 minutes
Scope: Congenital sensorineural hearing loss, newborn hearing screening, aetiological work-up
Definitions and Abbreviations
Congenital hearing loss: Permanent hearing loss present at birth
NICU: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
CI: Any FDA/CE-marked cochlear implant system
OAEs: Otoacoustic emissions
AABR: Automated Auditory Brainstem Response
After the assessment of general information (section A), the survey first addresses newborn hearing screening (section B) and second the aetiological work-up of congenital hearing loss identified by an abnormal newborn hearing screening result (section C).
Thus, in this survey, the questions on aetiological work-up refer exclusively to infants (in their first year of life) in whom permanent hearing loss was confirmed following an abnormal newborn hearing screening.
We recognise that hearing loss may also be diagnosed later in childhood and may require additional or different investigations. However, late-onset or later-diagnosed hearing loss after the first year of life is outside the scope of this survey.
There are 27 questions in this survey.
