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Newborn Hearing Screening Wales Annual Statistical Report 2018-19

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Published on: 26th March 2020

  • All Wales/National
  • Annual

This is the fifteenth annual statistical report published by Newborn Hearing Screening Wales (NBHSW). This report covers data for babies born between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019.

Headline statistics

Screening

  • The coverage rates show that screening is offered to 99.9% of eligible babies (31,129) and 99.5% are tested (30,959) with very few parents declining the screen
  • Across Wales, 74.1% of well babies are screened within seven days of birth which meets the standard of 70%
  • 98.6% of well babies complete screening within four weeks
  • 100.0% of high risk babies complete the screening programme

Assessment

  • 1.2% of babies screened are referred for assessment
  • 93.6% of babies referred for assessment complete the assessment process within three months.
  • The time taken to start the assessment process is within the allocated time for 98.0% of well babies (within four weeks of final screening test) and 98.8% of high risk babies (within eight weeks of final screening test)
  • 96.5% of babies referred attended an assessment
  • 75.8% of assessment appointments were attended
  • 3.5% of babies referred for assessment were not seen due to non-attendance


Outcomes

  • In babies born between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019, the prevalence of diagnosed permanent hearing loss greater than 40 dBHL in both ears was 1.5 per 1,000 of those babies screened. This is consistent with the prevalence since the start of the programme
  • The mean age of confirmation of hearing loss was 7.4 weeks
  • The mean age of hearing aid fitting was 11.4 weeks
  • 90.9% of babies were fitted with hearing aids within four weeks of confirmation of hearing loss

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