Impact of the Improved Publicly-funded Newborn Hearing Screening Program
The improved program based on public funding achieved an increased number of detected infants with hearing loss. Additionally, it shortened the durations until the first diagnostic test to an institution and intervention. The new NHS program funded by local governments achieved improved effectiveness by unifying the screening method, the course of diagnostic hearing examination, and the follow-up.
Authors
- Masamitsu Hyodo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9144-3242)
- Kahori Hirose
- Masanori Teshima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4409-0525)
- Ichiro Fukunaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7229-4157)
- Nao Doi
- Taisuke Kobayashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3122-0041)
Institutions
- National Hospital Organization Kochi National Hospital (JP)
- Kochi Medical School Hospital (JP)
- Kochi Prefectural Education Center (JP)
- Osaka Prefectural Government (JP)
- Takanoko Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMA Journal
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.31662/jmaj.2024-0344
- Primary Topic
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00