The prevalence of risk for hearing impairment in newborns with congenital syphilis in a newborn hearing screening program (NHS).

Objective: To study the prevalence of risk for hearing impairment in neonates with congenital syphilis in a newborn hearing screening program.

Study Design: The study design is retrospective, documentary, and is cross-sectional. The sample consisted of newborns who were born between January 2019 and December 2021 and who underwent neonatal hearing screening in a public maternity hospital.

Temporal analysis of hearing aids provision by the Brazilian Unified Health System.

Purpose: To analyze the outpatient production of aspects of hearing aids (HA) provision by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) between 2005 and 2018.

Methods: This is an ecological time-series study, based on data from the Outpatient Information System of the SUS and the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The HA provision rates were analyzed with Joinpoint software.

Newborn Hearing Screening: association between coverage, and the availability of speech therapists and equipment in Brazil.

Purpose: To determine the coverage of newborn hearing screening (NHS) and its association with the availability of speech therapists in the National Health System (SUS) and equipment in the states of Brazil in 2012 and 2018.

Methods: This is a descriptive ecological time series study with the Brazilian states and live births as units of analysis. An exploratory analysis of newborn hearing screening coverage and descriptive data analysis were performed.

Influence of frenotomy on breastfeeding in newborns with ankyloglossia.

Purpose: evaluate the influence of frenotomy on the breastfeeding of newborns diagnosed with ankyloglossia.

Methods: this is an intervention study performed with 50 newborns diagnosed with ankyloglossia. It was conducted in three stages: diagnosis, intervention and reassessment.

Quality indicators of hearing screening and evaluation of neonatal lingual frenulum.

Purpose: To analyze the quality indicators of the hearing screening program and to evaluate lingual frenulum in newborns, in terms of coverage rates, duration of hearing screening, referral indexes and prevalence of ankyloglossia in a university hospital specializing in mother and child care.

Method: This is a cross-sectional study, in which we analyzed the database of the newborn hearing screening and lingual frenulum assessment program for the period between September 2015 and August 2016.

Results: During the study period, 2,345 babies were born at the institution, 1,380 (58.

Provision of the frequency modulation system for the hearing impaired.

Introduction: The personal frequency modulation system is an assisted technology resource used in the accessibility of individuals with hearing impairment, being very important in the school environment. Ordinance number 1274/2013 included this device into the Brazilian unified health system.

Objective: To analyze the distribution the personal frequency modulation system concession in the national territory by the Brazilian unified health system from 2013 to 2017.