DePaul's sounds of success Oct 24, 2008
To emphasize that point, DePaul and supporters this year launched a "Hear for Life" campaign, urging universal newborn hearing screening, checking developmental milestones and getting help promptly. With early diagnosis and treatment, said Sister Mary Jo McAtee, director of educational services, "We've seen children progress much faster.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Senate, House return to repair ailing budget Oct 21, 2008
For instance, the Department of Health and Environmental Control's newborn hearing screening program loses nearly $75,000, or a tenth of its budget. And the Department of Social Services, long criticized for not acting quickly enough to remove children from dangerous situations, loses $1. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Screen infants for hearing loss Jul 7, 2008
Good evidence was found that newborn hearing screening testing is highly accurate and leads to earlier identification and treatment of infants with hearing loss. The recommendation and the accompanying summary of evidence appear in the July 7 issue of Pediatrics. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
/R E P E A T -- Media invitation - Please note new date - Enough is enough! The public voices its support for a Universal Newborn Hearing-Screening Program in Québec/ Jun 18, 2008
Qu;bec Coalition for Universal Newborn Hearing Screening calls on the minister of health to fund such a program now ... Parents, children, health professionals and groups, organizations and associations representing the hearing impaired have joined forces resulting in the creation of the Quebec Coalition for Universal Newborn Hearing Screening ... QUEBEC COALITION FOR UNIVERSAL NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING (UNHS) - More on this organization. (Canada Newswire)
Parents Unharmed by 'False-Positive' Hearing Test Jun 10, 2008
Newborn hearing screening is considered beneficial because without it, children's hearing problems would typically go undetected until they are between 1 and 2 years old, at which point their language development would already be delayed ... The finding adds to evidence that "the advantages of the universal newborn hearing screening are larger than the disadvantages," lead researcher Dr. Kitty van der Ploeg, of the research institute TNO in Leiden, the Netherlands, told Reuters Health. (MEDLINEplus)
Hearing tests for over-55s backed Nov 19, 2007
"We were really gob smacked that a simple test was the best strategy because there's all sorts of available technology," said Professor Davis, who is also director of the NHS newborn hearing screening programme. "It meets the criteria for a screening programme really well.". (BBC News -- UK)
British Columbia recognizes International FASD Fetal Alcohol ... Sep 11, 2007
Hearing test may spot babies at SIDS risk -- A subtle difference in responses on a newborn hearing screening test may identify babies who are at risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), according to a new study. -- MSNBC. (SpiritIndia)
Hearing test may spot babies at SIDS risk Aug 11, 2007
NEW YORK - A subtle difference in responses on a newborn hearing screening test may identify babies who are at risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), according to a new study. A disruption of the function of the inner ear may interfere with not only hearing but also with a babys control of breathing during sleep, the researchers explain in the medical journal Early Human Development. (MSNBC -- Health)
Damaged hearing linked to SIDS Jul 29, 2007
Using health records from Delaware, which has the longest history of newborn hearing screening, he and his colleagues examined hearing tests in 31 infants who died from SIDS and 31 controls. In the tests, called transient otoacoustic emission, a tiny probe is inserted in the ear and emits a clicking sound. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tomlinson honoured with CBE Jun 16, 2007
HEALTH HONOURS Jane Denton - director of Multiple Births Foundation (CBE) Nancy Pearce - Eating Disorders Association (OBE) Dr John Fracass - GP (MBE) Dr Brian Fisher, GP (MBE) Prof Adrian Davis - NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Project (OBE). Among the many accolades she has achieved for her mammoth fundraising efforts she has received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award and a Pride of Britain Award. (BBC News)
Doctor: Identifying hearing loss key to baby development May 18, 2007
The center tracks newborn hearing screening for the federal government. Not all of the recent data give a gloomy outlook, however. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Genetic hearing loss may be reversible without gene therapy Feb 23, 2007
"Congenital hearing loss is one of the most common human genetic birth defects, and that is why in almost all the states universal newborn hearing screening is mandated by law [including Georgia].". In people without congenital hearing loss, connexin26 and connexin30 work together to form the cochlea's hybrid junction gaps, which facilitate intercellular communication. (EurekAlert!)
Newborn Hearing Screening Feb 5, 2007
Universal Infant Hearing Screening. Babies cannot tell you if they are suffering from hearing loss. (Suite101.com)
