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Table 5 Tuscany region’s screening protocol key points

From: Newborn hearing screening protocol in tuscany region

1.

Identification of risk factors for AN and execution of TEOAE and ABR measurements in children with risk’s factors

2.

Identification of risk factors for progressive or late onset hearing loss. Audiological assessment in a III level centre, once every 6–12 months since the 3rd year of age and then once every year since the 6th year of age, in children with risk for progressive or late-onset hearing loss

3.

Identification of risk factors for acquired hearing loss

4.

Key role of the paediatrician in the supervision on the execution of screening’s procedure, in the audiologic follow-up, in the surveillance of children at risk of progressive or late-onset hearing loss and in the identification of children with risk’s factors for acquired hearing impairment

5.

Screening for CMV congenital infection in all the children resulted refer at TEOAE measurement, by the research of CMV genome by PCR on urine, within the 15th day after birth