Audiological Risk Factors, Referral Rates and Dropouts: 9 Years of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening in North Sardinia

• Main Authors: Laura Maria De Luca (Author), Rita Malesci (Author), Roberto Gallus (Author), Andrea Melis (Author), Sara Palmas (Author), Emilia Degni (Author), Claudia Crescio (Author), Maria Lucia Piras (Author), Maria Francesca Arca Sedda (Author), Giovanna Maria Canu (Author), Davide Rizzo (Author), Mauro Giorgio Olzai (Author), Salvatore Dessole (Author), Giovanni Sotgiu (Author), Anna Rita Fetoni (Author), Francesco Bussu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Objectives of the present work were to analyze the prevalence of hearing loss in our population of screened newborns during the first 9 years of the universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) program at University Hospital Sassari (Italy) (AOU Sassari), to analyze the risk factors involv...