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Universal vs high risk screening

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Recent Change in Hong Kong<br />

• Most realized the importance of early diagnosis<br />

and early intervention<br />

• Some HA birthing hospitals pilot UNHS<br />

• Maternal and Child Health Centre (MCHC)<br />

replace the distraction test by Infant Hearing<br />

<strong>screening</strong> ( AOAE) for babies registered before 2<br />

months through the early infant hearing &<br />

surveillance programme since Aug 2003<br />

• There is a lack of a coordinated territory wide<br />

policy on hearing <strong>screening</strong> and the lack of<br />

territory wide registry with tracking and<br />

monitoring system

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