The Newborn Hearing Screening Programme in Germany.

Int J Neonatal Screen

Clinic for Phoniatrics and Paediatric Audiology, University Hospital Muenster, 48149 Münster, Germany.

Published: September 2018

This article presents an overview of legal, methodological, organisational, financial, structural and technical aspects of the initial audiological measurement of newborns (screening), follow-up (diagnosis) and tracking the results (tracking) within the German newborn hearing screening programme.

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