Guideline · Consensus statement
Newborn hearing screening programme in Belgium: a consensus recommendation on risk factors.
- Allied health
- Congenital infections
- Eyes and hearing
- Infection
- Jaundice and haematology
- Jaundice and phototherapy
- Medical
- Neurodevelopmental follow-up
- Newborn hearing screening
- Nursing
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Summary
Delphi consensus updating recommendations on neonatal risk factors for hearing loss within the Belgian newborn hearing screening programme, using a literature review and GRADE assessment. Congenital infections (CMV, toxoplasmosis, syphilis), family history, consanguinity, malformation syndromes and foetal alcohol syndrome had high-quality evidence, and hyperbilirubinaemia moderate. Very low birth weight, low Apgar, NICU admission and ototoxic drugs had low or very low evidence, but the panel chose to retain them to avoid missed hearing loss and stressed the cumulative effect of risk factors. It informs clinical management and audiological follow-up of at-risk newborns.
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