CAIRO– Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population on Thursday said a hearing survey has been conducted for 4,422,000 children as part of a presidential initiative for early detection and treatment of hearing loss and impairment for newborns.
The initiative was launched in September 2019.
Some 249,431 children would be re-examined, a week after the first screening at the same unit, Health Ministry Spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said.
Around 27,487 children were referred after the second test to 34 hospitals and referral centers nationwide for higher evaluation and the start of medical treatment or the installation of a hearing aid or the transfer of the child for cochlear implant in accordance to his/her condition, the spokesman said.
The numbers of examination centres were increased to cover 3,500 health units across all governorates to conduct audiological examinations for children from the day of birth to the age of 28 days, he added.
