Title

Referral rates and cost efficiency in a universal newbornhearing screening program using transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE)

Authors

A. B. Maxon
Karl R. White, Utah State UniversityFollow
T. R. Behrens
B. R. Vohr

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Journal of AmericanAcademy of Audiology

Volume

6

Publisher

American Academy of Audiology

Publication Date

1995

First Page

271

Last Page

277

Abstract

Recently, a National Institutes of Health Consensus Statement recommended that all infants be screened for hearing prior leaving the birthing hospital using a two-stage screening process based on transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs). Although the value of identifying hearing loss before 1 year of age is widely recognized, the feasibility of universal newborn hearing screening using TEOAE is sometimes questioned because it is presumed that the technique has a high false positive rate and is not cost efficient. This paper presents new data for 4253 infants from an operational universal newborn hearing screening program using a TEOAE procedure that answers those arguments.

Recommended Citation

Maxon AB, White KR, Behrens TR, & Vohr BR (1995). Referral rates and cost efficiency in a universal newborn hearing screening program using transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE). Journal of American Academy of Audiology, 6, 271-277