The Newborn Hearing Screening Programme in Germany

Peter Matulat; Ross Parfitt

doi:10.3390/ijns4030029

International Journal of Neonatal Screening (Sep 2018)

The Newborn Hearing Screening Programme in Germany

Peter Matulat,
Ross Parfitt

Affiliations

Peter Matulat: Clinic for Phoniatrics and Paediatric Audiology, University Hospital Muenster, 48149 Münster, Germany
Ross Parfitt: Clinic for Phoniatrics and Paediatric Audiology, University Hospital Muenster, 48149 Münster, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns4030029
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 3
p. 29

Abstract

Read online

This article presents an overview of legal, methodological, organisational, financial, structural and technical aspects of the initial audiological measurement of newborns (screening), follow-up (diagnosis) and tracking the results (tracking) within the German newborn hearing screening programme.

Published in International Journal of Neonatal Screening

ISSN: 2409-515X (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijns

About the journal

Abstract

Keywords