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Neonatal and Infant Auditory Screening ProgramsAn Evaluation of their Current StatusAssociate Professor of Otolaryngology and Coordinator Hearing and Speech Center, New York University Medical Center, 560 First Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10016 The optimal age to recognize the existence of a hearing defect should be infancy, and preferably even the newborn period. For this reason many pediatricians are installing some form of audiometric testing in their offices. Here is a review of the present stage of development of methods for identifying hearing impairment early in life. The earlier a child's deafness is recognized, the faster and more successful will be medical rectification or the starting of essential rehabilitative approaches.
Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 10, No. 6,
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