DOWN'S SYNDROME HEARING PROBLEMS. Key Points.

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(based on DSMIG guidelines for basic essential medical surveillance)

Hearing impairment can be successfully managed in the Down's population but if undiagnosed is a significant cause of preventable handicap.

• Neonatal screen
• 6-10 months - Review for all regardless of neonatal findings:
  Auditory thresholds/Impedance tests/Otoscopy
  • Aim - By 10 months it will have been established whether or not there is permanent hearing loss with or without OME and a management plan will have been agreed and intervention instigated where necessary
• 15-18 months - Review for all.
  Auditory thresholds/Impedance tests/Otoscopy
• 2-5 years - Annual review as above.
• Thereafter 2 yearly for life, or more often if there are problems.
  

Last updated 31.01.01

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