1. Inventory of current EU paediatric vision and hearing screening programmes
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Sloot, Frea, Hoeve, Hans LJ, de Kroon, Marlou LA, Goedegebure, André, Carlton, Jill, Griffiths, Helen J, Simonsz, Huibert J, Langmann, A., Lindner, S., Gaugl, H., ten Tusscher, M., Guérin, C., Hoppenbrouwers, K., van Lammeren, M., Boelaert, K., Godts, D., Paris, V., Bauwens, A., Stateva, D., Petrinovic Doresic, J., Bjelos, M., Novak Stroligo, M., Alpeza Dunato, Z., Gavrielides Michaeloudes, M., Dostálek, M., Zobanova, A., Jerabkova, A., Hesgaard, H., Welinder, L. G., Sandfeld, L., Larsen, S., Levin, M., Klett, A., Somma, K., Ismagilova, S., Hyvärinen, L., Thouvenin, D., Coursager, K., Elflein, H., Pitz, S., Lenk Schaefer, M., Van Waveren, M., Ziakas, N. G., Polychroniadis Scouros, S., Knezy, K., Nemeth, J., Soproni, A., Facskó, A., Berkes, S., Gudmundsdottir, E., Mccreery, K., Morad, Y., Ancri, O., Nucci, P., Serafino, M., Lembo, A., Bottin, D., Valeina, S., Misevice, A., Asoklis, R. S., Planata Bogdan, B., Francalanza, M., Sjoerdsma, T., van Rijn, R., Osnes Ringen, O., Moe, M., Bakunowicz Lazarczyk, A., Reich d’Almeida, F., Marques Neves, C., Reich d’Almeida, I., Oliveira, M., Vladutiu, C., Stankovic, B., Djokić, V., Gerinec, A., Stirn Kranjc, B., Gomez de Liano Sanchez, R., Rajmil, L., Prats, B., Nilsson, J., Flodin, S., Landau, K., Sturm, V., Zuber, C., Glauser, V., Atilla, H., Horwood, A. M., Williams, C., Shea, S., Griffiths, H., Carlton, J., Qirjazi, Birkena, Gugatschka, Markus, Stappaerts, Luc, Vos, Bénédicte, Milkov, Mario, Velepic, Marko, Thodi, Chryssoula, Syka, Josef, Ovesen, Therese, Luht, Liina, Niemensivu, Riina, Aarnisalo, Antii, Denoyelle, Françoise, Keilmann, Annerose, Neumann, Katrin, Nikolopoulos, Thomas, Beke, Zsolt, Hinriksdóttir, Ingibjörg, O’Connor, Ann, Rubin, Lisa, Trevisi, Patrizia, Martini, Alessandro, Grandori, Ferdinando, Kuške, Sandra, Lesinskas, Eugenijus, Hild, Jean Marc, Fenech, Anthony, Chiaburu, Anghelina, Jovicevic, Ognjen, Nordfalk, Karl, Medbø, Sverre, Szyfter, Witold, Greczka, Grazyna, Monteiro, Luisa, Georgescu, Madalina, Filipovic, Snezana Andric, Pavlovcinova, Gabriela, Profant, Milan, Battelino, Saba, Boletezar, Irena Hocevar, Núñez Batalla, Faustino, Javier Cervera, Oviedo, Uhlén, Inger, Veraguth, Dorothe, Atilla, Huban, Carr, Gwen, Davis, Adrian, Bruderer, Adam, Sirimanna, Tony, Qirjazi, B., Roshi, E., Georgieva, L., Rukavina, T., Bourek, A., Hietanen Peltola, M., Jégat, C., Ottová Jordan, V., Kovacs, A., Jónsdóttir, L. S., Grotto, I., Farrugia, Sant'Angelo V., Memeti, S., Mugosa, B., Raat, H., Gaspar, T., Zivkovic, Sulovic M., Juricic, M., Hjern, A., Dahlmann Noor, A., Gouder, M. J., Jovovic, N., Pojuzina, N., Public Health Research (PHR), Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Public Health, Neuroprotection & Neuromodulation, and Surgical clinical sciences
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Objective To examine the diversity in paediatric vision and hearing screening programmes in Europe. Methods Themes for comparison of screening programmes derived from literature were used to compile three questionnaires on vision, hearing, and public health screening. Tests used, professions involved, age, and frequency of testing seem to influence sensitivity, specificity, and costs most. Questionnaires were sent to ophthalmologists, orthoptists, otolaryngologists, and audiologists involved in paediatric screening in all EU full-member, candidate, and associate states. Answers were cross-checked. Results Thirty-nine countries participated; 35 have a vision screening programme, 33 a nation-wide neonatal hearing screening programme. Visual acuity (VA) is measured in 35 countries, in 71% of these more than once. First measurement of VA varies from three to seven years of age, but is usually before age five. At age three and four, picture charts, including Lea Hyvarinen, are used most; in children over four, Tumbling-E and Snellen. As first hearing screening test, otoacoustic emission is used most in healthy neonates, and auditory brainstem response in premature newborns. The majority of hearing testing programmes are staged; children are referred after 1–4 abnormal tests. Vision screening is performed mostly by paediatricians, ophthalmologists, or nurses. Funding is mostly by health insurance or state. Coverage was reported as >95% in half of countries, but reporting was often not first-hand. Conclusion Largest differences were found in VA charts used (12), professions involved in vision screening (10), number of hearing screening tests before referral (1–4), and funding sources (8).
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- 2015
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