When can a baby’s hearing loss be diagnosed?

According to Fars News Agency’s health department, Saeed Mahmoudian said in a workshop on explaining standards, processes and registering hearing care services for babies and children at different levels of the referral system: The condition of hearing loss is considered important in the world and the burden of the disease is increasing. , so that from 2005 to 2020 it has changed from the 13th rank to the 3rd rank of diseases and currently 6.8% of the total burden of diseases belongs to hearing loss.

Stating that the incidence of this disease in Iran is estimated at 3.7 per thousand births, he added: The Ministry of Health is trying to achieve the desired goals by integrating the hearing health program into the network system and with the help of stakeholders. Prevention and control of this disease can be achieved in infancy, childhood, middle age and old age.

The head of the Department of Ear Health and Hearing Care of the Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education announced: More than 50% of cases of hearing loss and deafness in adults and 60% in children can be prevented.

The head of the Department of Ear Health and Hearing Care of the Ministry of Health stated: In order to strengthen the screening program and improve the diagnostic and treatment services at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, it was decided that an AABR device should be purchased by the University’s Vice President of Medicine for Bo Ali Sina Hospital in Sari.

Associate Professor of the Ear, Throat, Nose and Cervical Neck Research Center of the Five Senses Health Research Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences in Sari stated: A newborn should be screened for hearing before one month of age. If it is suspected in the screening, a definite diagnosis should be made before the age of three months, and if a definite diagnosis is given, treatment should be started before the age of six months.

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