The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an
independent panel of professionals in the fields of primary care and
prevention that develops recommendations for clinical preventive
services, recently released its
report on newborn hearing screening. Although the USPTF concluded,
“The evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against routine
screening of newborns for hearing loss…” they did state that they “found
good evidence that newborn hearing screening leads to earlier
identification and treatment of infants with hearing loss.”
Read the
full article about the Task Force recommendation published in JAMA
(Journal of the American Medical Association)
Note:
The article is in 
pdf format. Click here to get a
free copy of Adobe Reader.
Responses from various organizations and newspapers are
listed below. Please use the highlighted links to view the articles
and/or statements from these organizations.
American Speech-Language- Hearing Association (ASHA)
American Academy of Audiology (AAA)
Washington Post
Health Scout News
National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM):
Provides additional comments and links to articles about the Task Force
recommendation
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Date:
March 19, 2009
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities
