Performance and characteristics of the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme in England: The first seven years

Figures & data

Figure 1. Screen coverage by 4/5 weeks of age and by three months of age.

Figure 2. Screen refer rates (with 95% CIs) for NICU, well babies, and all babies.

Figure 3. Percentage of referred babies entering follow-up within four weeks of screen completion/by 44 weeks GA, and by six months of age.

Figure 4. Yield (with 95% CI) of bilateral PCHL in well, NICU, and all babies.

Table 1. PPV (95% CI) by screen outcome for PCHL for births 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2013 (values are percentages).

	All PCHL	Bilateral PCHL	Unilateral PCHL
All
Screen refer-all	6.7 (6.6–6.9)	4.2 (4.1–4.3)	2.5 (2.4–2.6)
Screen refer-bilateral	16.0 (15.6–16.5)	14.0 (13.6–14.4)	2.0 (1.9–2.2)
Screen refer-unilateral	3.4 (3.3–3.5)	0.8 (0.7–0.9)	2.6 (2.5–2.7)
NICU
Screen refer-all	10.9 (10.5–11.3)	7.4 (7.1–7.8)	3.5 (3.2–3.7)
Screen refer-bilateral	21.9 (20. 9–22.8)	18.8 (17.8–19.7)	3.1 (2.7–3.5)
Screen refer-unilateral	5.8 (5.4–6.2)	1.6 (1.4–1.8)	4.2 (3.8–4.6)
Well
Screen refer-all	5.7 (5.6–5.9)	3.4 (3.3–3.5)	2.3 (2.2–2.4)
Screen refer-bilateral	14.1 (13.6–14.6)	12.4 (12.0–12.9)	1.7 (1.5–1.9)
Screen refer-unilateral	3.0 (2.9–3.2)	0.7 (0.6–0.7)	2.4 (2.2–2.5)

Figure 5. Median age (with 95% CI) at screening (N = 4768), first assessment (N = 4768), confirmation (N = 4737), referral to early intervention (N = 4633), and hearing-aid fitting (N = 4090).