Newborn Hearing Screening Wales Annual Statistical Report 2019-20
Published on: 1st October 2022
- All Wales/National
- Annual
This is the sixteenth annual statistical report published by Newborn Hearing Screening Wales (NBHSW). This report covers data for babies born between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020.
Headline statistics
Screening
- The coverage rates show that screening is offered to 98.7% of eligible babies (29,767) with 97.4% tested (28,982) with very few parents declining the screen
- Across Wales, 75.2% of Well babies are screened within seven days of birth which meets the standard of 70%
- 97.8% 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
- 89.3% 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 96.2% of Well babies (within four weeks of final screening test) and 98.8% of High Risk babies (within eight weeks of final screening test)
- 91.0% of babies referred attended an assessment
- 72.7% of assessment appointments were attended
- 9.0% of babies referred for assessment were not seen due to non-attendance
Outcomes
- In babies born between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020, the prevalence of diagnosed permanent hearing loss greater than 40 dBHL in both ears was 1.1 per 1,000 of those babies screened. This
is slightly lower than the prevalence recorded since the start of the programme which is 1.5 per 1,000 - The mean age of confirmation of hearing loss was 11.2 weeks
- The mean age of hearing aid fitting was 16.1 weeks
- 80.0% of babies were fitted with hearing aids within four weeks of
confirmation of hearing loss
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