Around half the children born with hearing impairment have no
identified risk factor for the condition. It is widely acknowledged that delays
in the identification and treatment of permanent childhood hearing impairment
may profoundly affect quality of life in terms of language acquisition, social
and emotional development, and education and employment prospects. All states
and territories in Australia have universal neonatal hearing screening. This working paper, by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), presents a set of performance indicators for monitoring
neonatal hearing screening activity in Australia at a national level. National
evaluation and monitoring provides a measure of how well neonatal hearing
screening is achieving its aims and objectives and will enable strengthening of
screening practices and administrative processes to further improve outcomes
for Australian infants. (Report released by the AIHW on 25th November 2013)
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