Petition to Improve Newborn Hearing Screening in Ireland
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Statistically, two children are born with hearing issues each week in Ireland. A child’s hearing issues are typically confirmed when they are two years old.
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) is a test to determine if a child is deaf or has hearing difficulties. If a child’s deafness is not detected early on, they may be late to develop language skills. The earlier a child’s hearing issues are detected, the better their development will be. In many cases, late diagnosis can cause life-long disadvantages to these children.
Testing babies’ hearing at birth helps children to build up vocabulary before preschool. Research also shows children whose hearing issues are discovered at birth to have a better quality of life than those first tested at 9 months.
Funding initially provided in 2010 for the introduction of newborn hearing screening in Ireland was later reduced to a single hospital in Cork. However the UNHS pilot at this hospital is on-track in its 2011 time-line and progress is being made, according to a local parent.
We are calling on all election candidates to ensure this valuable momentum is maintained towards a national roll-out, and cross-party support is strengthened for this important cause.
Please sign our petition to strengthen our cause. Each signature counts.
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