An 8-year follow-up study of the birth cohort of babies enrolled in the Wess ex controlled trial of universal newborn screening (UNS) for permanent childhood hearing impairment (PCHI) was undertaken to establish wheth...An 8-year follow-up study of the birth cohort of babies enrolled in the Wess ex controlled trial of universal newborn screening (UNS) for permanent childhood hearing impairment (PCHI) was undertaken to establish whether UNS would increas e the proportion of all true cases of PCHI in children aged 7-9 years who are r eferred early. The proportion referred before 6 months of age increased from 11 of 35 (31%) children with true PCHI born during periods without UNS to 23 of 31 (74%) born during periods with UNS (difference 43%, 95%CI 19-60). UNS leads to early referral of PCHI.展开更多
文摘An 8-year follow-up study of the birth cohort of babies enrolled in the Wess ex controlled trial of universal newborn screening (UNS) for permanent childhood hearing impairment (PCHI) was undertaken to establish whether UNS would increas e the proportion of all true cases of PCHI in children aged 7-9 years who are r eferred early. The proportion referred before 6 months of age increased from 11 of 35 (31%) children with true PCHI born during periods without UNS to 23 of 31 (74%) born during periods with UNS (difference 43%, 95%CI 19-60). UNS leads to early referral of PCHI.
