Keypoints hearing.  31.01.01



                                         DOWN'S SYNDROME
                                       HEARING PROBLEMS
                                                                     Key points

(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.

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DSMIG (UK) 2001   www.dsmig.org.uk                                                                                                                           16.01.02