WORLDWIDE EHDI SURVEYS

The purpose of the survey is to provide an overview of the state of EHDI programs and on specific aspects of their different implementation worldwide.
The survey is implemented through a questionnaire. If you want to participate to the survey, please contact us by email or by fax at +39.02.2399.3367.
Data collected through the questionnaire are available in this website. Up to now, we have collected surveys from more than 20 Countries.

2005 EHDI Survey

The survey of 2005 is currently in progress and will be published in this website.

 

2004 EHDI Survey

On May 2005, the International Working Group on Childhood Hearing (IGCH) started to collect data on the degree of implementation of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs worldwide for the period January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004. The 2004 EHDI questionnaire parallels  what the EHDI team of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities of the CDC in Atlanta is currently developing.
The purpose of the survey is to obtain EHDI data in a consistent manner in order to provide baseline information and advocate for an ever increasing widespread implementation of EHDI in all its components.

The 2004 EHDI Survey has two parts that include:

• Part A: Screening, Diagnostic, and Intervention data
  • Number of infants screened for hearing loss, received audiological evaluation, identified with hearing loss, and enrolled in early intervention 
    
• Part B: Demographic data, Legislation, and Severity of identified hearing losses
  • Percentage of hospitals/facilities performing universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) or targeted newborns hearing screening (NHS), current legislation supporting EHDI programs in the reporting region/Country, type and severity of identified hearing losses.
    

Download the Summary of 2004 EHDI Survey (updated July 13, 2007)

Please note that the information provided in the Summary of 2004 EHDI Survey is estimated and is subject to change because the process of collecting data from respondents is ongoing. Updates will be published on this website when additional information will be available.
Also, please note that data from the Summary of 2004 EHDI Survey is not directly comparable to information reported in the 2003 EHDI Survey because a new questionnaire was used to collect 2004 data.

 

2003 EHDI Survey

The 2003 EHDI Survey was started on April 2004. The core question of this survey includes:

• Presence of UNHS or targeted NHS programs in the reporting region/Country
• Average age at identification of children with permanent congenital hearing loss
• Tests used for hearing threshold assessment
• Type of protocol used for aetiological evaluation
• Type of existing links to educational system teaching hearing impaired children

Go to the 2003 EHDI Survey