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ArticleBMC pediatrics2020

Newborn hearing screening coverage and detection rates of hearing impairment across China from 2008-2016.

Xuelian Yuan, Kui Deng, Jun Zhu, Liangcheng Xiang, Yongna Yao, Qi Li, Xiaohong Li, Hanmin Liu

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Article in BMC pediatrics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Universal newborn hearing screening in Southwest Iran: coverage, risk factors, and outcomes in a large-scale population.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  10. [Effect of prenatal glucocorticoid therapy on hearing screening in premature infants].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2024
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  15. Newborn hearing loss in the south of China: a cross-sectional study.The Journal of international medical research · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xuelian YuanNational Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, Department of Obstetrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Kui DengNational Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, Department of Obstetrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Jun ZhuNational Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, Department of Obstetrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Liangcheng XiangNational Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, Department of Obstetrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Yongna YaoNational Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, Department of Obstetrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Qi LiNational Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, Department of Obstetrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Xiaohong LiNational Center for Birth Defect Monitoring of China, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. lixiaohong82@scu.edu.cn.
Hanmin LiuDepartment of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. hanmin@vip.163.com.
Sichuan University · CNWest China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University · CN

Funding

The national Key Research and Development Program of China 2018YFC1002200The Special Foundation for State Basic Research Program of China 2014FY110700
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNewborn hearing screening (NHS) can reduce the economic and social burden of hearing impairment. To track the progress of the goal set by the National Program of Action for Child Development (NPACD) and to estimate the detection rates of hearing impairment, the present study examined NHS coverage in 2008-2010 and 2016 and the detection of hearing impairment across China in 2016.

methodsLicensed medical institutions across China were surveyed in 2012 and 2018 by the National Center for Birth Defects Monitoring of China to collect data for the 2008-2010 period and for 2016 on live births, initial screening rates (total and referral), secondary screening rates (total and referral), and rates of hearing impairment diagnosis among infants who were referred in the secondary screening. To calculate universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) coverage, the number of newborns who received NHS within 4 weeks after birth was divided by the number of live births. The detection rate of hearing impairment was calculated by combining referral rates on primary and secondary screening with the rate of diagnosis.

resultsNational UNHS coverage increased from 29.9% in 2008 to 86.5% in 2016, with different regions showing different increases. During this period, the number of provinces with UNHS coverage over 90.0% increased from 2 to 17, with UNHS coverage in 2016 being substantially higher in eastern provinces (93.1%) than in western provinces (79.4%). In 2016, the detection rate of hearing impairment across the country was 0.23% (95% CI 0.15-0.25%), and it varied from 0.17% in western provinces to 0.22% in central provinces and 0.28% in eastern provinces. The lowest rate was 0.02% in Heilongjiang Province and the highest rate was 0.63% in Hainan Province.

conclusionsNational UNHS coverage increased substantially from 2008 to 2016, although provinces and regions still showed differences. The detection rate of infant hearing impairment in China is comparable to that in other countries. A national individual-level information system is urgently needed in China to facilitate the integration of screening, diagnosis and treatment of infant hearing impairment, which may also lead to a more accurate estimate of the detection rate.

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Hearing LossHearing TestsChildChinaHearingHumansInfantInfant, NewbornNeonatal ScreeningCongenital hearing impairmentDetection rateNationalUniversal newborn hearing screening

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