Modified universal new-born hearing screening: Practical approach for developing world (Georgean experience).

Aim: Analysis of newborn hearing screening (NBS) outcomes and proposing a modified strategy for better performance of NBS in developing world.

Design: Descriptive (retrospective and prospective) study.

Methods: A total of 8412 newborns/neonates were subjected to risk factor assessment followed by a set of subjective (behavioral audiometry: BoA) and objective (OAE: otoacoustic emissions, ABR: auditory brainstem-evoked responses) hearing-screening in different combinations.