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Newborn Hearing Screening by Danielle N. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 30 May 2010 8:23am What to do if your child does not pass the hearing screening a resource for parents! Please watch this video Smile-Hugs, Danielle Read on »

Adult Hearing Screening: The Future is Now by Jodi Cutler Del Dottore Patient Expert

Posted Wed 16 Jun 2010 1:20pm Here I am taking my first adult hearing screening exam with Prof. Alexandru Pascu of Romania in a private screening (lol) at the NHS conference I present you with The SUN Test: Speech Understanding in Noise- A new test for screening hearing ability in adults. What? Screening HEARING ABILITY, not a test that focuses on what a person is lacking Read on »

Infant Hearing Screening and Followup Care by Megan S. Posted Mon 08 Mar 2010 3:59pm I'm back from camping and feeling relaxed and happy. I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. Today I read an article on ParentDish about infant hearing screening . According to the author, 97% of infants are now screened for hearing loss (a step up from 1999 figures that showed only 46.5%), but the children who fail the tests are not receiving the followup Read on »

Hearing Screenings at the Library by Megan S. Posted Sat 12 Jun 2010 7:04am Hearing exam , courtesy of the Wikimedia Commons. Oh yes - another library post from me! On June 8, the Springfield Free Public Library (which is not the library I work for) in New Jersey held a presentation on hearing and had free hearing screenings following the presentation . I think this is really cool. It's one thing to do Read on »

Local support for national hearing screening programme by DeafBlog Patient Expert

Posted Tue 18 Aug 2009 10:53pm A call for a national hearing screening programme has today been welcomed by Suffolk’s leading hearing health care specialist. Karen Finch, of The Hearing Care Centre... their hearing test on the high street in just the same way,” she said, adding, that the national screening proposed by the RNID would go a long way to reducing the stigma of hearing loss Read on »

Sick Day #5 and a Hearing Screening by Stephanie B. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 27 Jan 2009 6:30pm contents, he pooed in his diaper. Once he was finished, he was good to go. Aiden played in the living room with his toys until time to get dressed to leave for his hearing test Read on »

Screening Newborns for Hearing Loss - New Research by Lily's Dad Patient Expert

Posted Thu 21 Oct 2010 12:00am New research supporting the benefits of the Newborn Hearing Screening. Nebraska has mandated newborn hearing screening and that is how Lily's hearing loss was identified. Even when babies fail their hearing screens in the hospital, not all parents are following up with immediate tests. That means many deaf and hearing-impaired babies Read on »

Newborn Hearing Tests More Effective Than Later Screening by Medline Plus Posted Tue 19 Oct 2010 1:00pm TUESDAY, Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Newborn hearing screening leads to better outcomes than later screening for children with permanent hearing problems, new European research... newborn hearing screening (done within 2 weeks of birth) to 118 who had had distraction hearing screening (behavioral testing) conducted around the age of 9 months Read on »

To screen or not to screen...pro ... by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Mon 10 Nov 2008 4:22pm To screen or not to screen...problems with false-positives on some procedures...BD The problem: Plenty of screens don't really work that well. Many yield lots of false... that there are two sides to screening," says Dr. Barbara Yawn, director of research at Olmstead Medical Center and a member of the United States Preventive Services Task Force, a government Read on »

Screening for chronic kidney disease: an evidence based review for the National Screening Committee by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

Posted Thu 28 May 2009 12:22am The UK National Screening Committee has considered the report “ Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease: An Evidence Based Review for the National Screening Committee ” produced by Dr Catherine Heffernan in June 2008. They have concluded that there is insufficient evidence to support population based screening for chronic kidney disease Read on »