Progress towards early detection services for infants with hearing loss in developing countries

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Olusanya, Bolajoko O. [1 ]
Swanepoel, De Wet
Chapchap, Monica J.
Castillo, Salvador
Habib, Hamed
Mukari, Siti Z.
Martinez, Norberto V.
Lin, Hung-Ching
McPherson, Bradley
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[1] Univ Lagos, Coll Med, Inst Child Hlth & Primary Care, Lagos, Nigeria
[2] Univ Pretoria, Dept Commun Pathol, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa
[3] Hosp Sao Luiz, Sao Paulo, Brazil
[4] Mexico Childrens Hosp, Audiol & Phoniatr Dept, Mexico City 06726, DF, Mexico
[5] King Abdulaziz Univ, Fac Med, Dept Pediat, Jeddah 21413, Saudi Arabia
[6] Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Fac Allied Hlth Sci, Dept Audiol & Speech Sci, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
[7] Better Hearing Inst, Manila, Philippines
[8] Mackay Mem Hosp, Dept Otolaryngol, Hearing & Speech Ctr, Taipei, Taiwan
[9] Univ Hong Kong, Fac Educ, Div Spoeech & Hearing Sci, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
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10.1186/1472-6963-7-14
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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Background: Early detection of infants with permanent hearing loss through infant hearing screening is recognised and routinely offered as a vital component of early childhood care in developed countries. This article investigates the initiatives and progress towards early detection of infants with hearing loss in developing countries against the backdrop of the dearth of epidemiological data from this region. Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive study based on responses to a structured questionnaire eliciting information on the nature and scope of early hearing detection services; strategies for financing services; parental and professional attitudes towards screening; and the performance of screening programmes. Responses were complemented with relevant data from the internet and PubMed/Medline. Results: Pilot projects using objective screening tests are on-going in a growing number of countries. Screening services are provided at public/private hospitals and/or community health centres and at no charge only in a few countries. Attitudes amongst parents and health care workers are typically positive towards such programmes. Screening efficiency, as measured by referral rate at discharge, was generally found to be lower than desired but several programmes achieved other international benchmarks. Coverage is generally above 90% but poor follow-up rates remain a challenge in some countries. The mean age of diagnosis is usually less than six months, even for community-based programmes. Conclusion: Lack of adequate resources by many governments may limit rapid nationwide introduction of services for early hearing detection and intervention, but may not deter such services altogether. Parents may be required to pay for services in some settings in line with the existing practice where healthcare services are predominantly financed by out-of-pocket spending rather than public funding. However, governments and their international development partners need to complement current voluntary initiatives through systematic scaling-up of public awareness and requisite manpower development towards sustainable service capacities at all levels of healthcare delivery.
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