The Newborn Hearing Screening Programme in Germany

Int J Neonatal Screen. 2018 Sep 16;4(3):29. doi: 10.3390/ijns4030029. eCollection 2018 Sep.

Abstract

This article presents an overview of legal, methodological, organisational, financial, structural and technical aspects of the initial audiological measurement of newborns (screening), follow-up (diagnosis) and tracking the results (tracking) within the German newborn hearing screening programme.

Keywords: Germany; follow-up; newborn hearing screening; screening; tracking.