Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention in Children with Unilateral Hearing Impairment: Clinical Practices in Three Nordic Countries

Studies have limitedly considered children with early-identified unilateral hearing impairment (UHI), and clinical practices regarding screening, diagnostics and habilitation in this group are rarely documented. In this study, routines for newborns with UHI from screening to diagnostics and habilita...

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Autores principales:	Nina Jakhelln Laugen, Elsa Erixon, Kerttu Huttunen, Elina Mäki-Torkko, Ulrika Löfkvist
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	unilateral hearing loss single-sided deafness hearing screening follow-up habilitation healthcare inequality Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:564ad2976c2e4e1d9c285e9b6829a69a2021-11-11T17:46:15ZNewborn Hearing Screening and Intervention in Children with Unilateral Hearing Impairment: Clinical Practices in Three Nordic Countries10.3390/jcm102151522077-0383https://doaj.org/article/564ad2976c2e4e1d9c285e9b6829a69a2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/21/5152https://doaj.org/toc/2077-0383Studies have limitedly considered children with early-identified unilateral hearing impairment (UHI), and clinical practices regarding screening, diagnostics and habilitation in this group are rarely documented. In this study, routines for newborns with UHI from screening to diagnostics and habilitation were explored in Norway, Sweden and Finland. An online survey was sent to hospitals responsible for the hearing diagnostics of children requesting information about their practices regarding congenital UHI. Responses covered 95% of the children born in the three included countries. The results revealed large variations in ways of organising healthcare and in clinical decisions regarding hearing screening, diagnostics and habilitation of children with congenital UHI. Finally, implications for policy making and research are also discussed.Nina Jakhelln LaugenElsa ErixonKerttu HuttunenElina Mäki-TorkkoUlrika LöfkvistMDPI AGarticleunilateral hearing losssingle-sided deafnesshearing screeningfollow-uphabilitationhealthcare inequalityMedicineRENJournal of Clinical Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 5152, p 5152 (2021)
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spellingShingle	unilateral hearing loss single-sided deafness hearing screening follow-up habilitation healthcare inequality Medicine R Nina Jakhelln Laugen Elsa Erixon Kerttu Huttunen Elina Mäki-Torkko Ulrika Löfkvist Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention in Children with Unilateral Hearing Impairment: Clinical Practices in Three Nordic Countries
description	Studies have limitedly considered children with early-identified unilateral hearing impairment (UHI), and clinical practices regarding screening, diagnostics and habilitation in this group are rarely documented. In this study, routines for newborns with UHI from screening to diagnostics and habilitation were explored in Norway, Sweden and Finland. An online survey was sent to hospitals responsible for the hearing diagnostics of children requesting information about their practices regarding congenital UHI. Responses covered 95% of the children born in the three included countries. The results revealed large variations in ways of organising healthcare and in clinical decisions regarding hearing screening, diagnostics and habilitation of children with congenital UHI. Finally, implications for policy making and research are also discussed.
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author	Nina Jakhelln Laugen Elsa Erixon Kerttu Huttunen Elina Mäki-Torkko Ulrika Löfkvist
author_facet	Nina Jakhelln Laugen Elsa Erixon Kerttu Huttunen Elina Mäki-Torkko Ulrika Löfkvist
author_sort	Nina Jakhelln Laugen
title	Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention in Children with Unilateral Hearing Impairment: Clinical Practices in Three Nordic Countries
title_short	Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention in Children with Unilateral Hearing Impairment: Clinical Practices in Three Nordic Countries
title_full	Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention in Children with Unilateral Hearing Impairment: Clinical Practices in Three Nordic Countries
title_fullStr	Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention in Children with Unilateral Hearing Impairment: Clinical Practices in Three Nordic Countries
title_full_unstemmed	Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention in Children with Unilateral Hearing Impairment: Clinical Practices in Three Nordic Countries
title_sort	newborn hearing screening and intervention in children with unilateral hearing impairment: clinical practices in three nordic countries
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/564ad2976c2e4e1d9c285e9b6829a69a
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Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention in Children with Unilateral Hearing Impairment: Clinical Practices in Three Nordic Countries

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