Starts Hear Campaign Continues To Be Effective in Raising Awareness of The Importance of Newborn Hearing Screening
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木曜日, 5月 9, 2024
PHILADELPHIA, May 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hearing First, an organization dedicated to supporting families and professionals so that children who are deaf or hard of hearing have the opportunity to learn to listen, talk, read, and thrive, shared the latest report from the Starts Hear awareness campaign. Starts Hear is a public health awareness campaign to inform expectant parents about the importance of the newborn hearing screening (NHS) and to act quickly in the event of a failed screening.
Key Points:
- Starts Hear is a public health awareness campaign to inform expectant parents about the importance of the newborn hearing screening (NHS) and to act quickly in the event of a failed screening.
- The Starts Hear campaign seeks to reverse the trend of lack of follow-up after a failed newborn hearing screening.
- By educating and empowering expectant parents about newborn hearing health and early brain development, the campaign equips parents to take immediate action.
- For the past three years, the Starts Hear Campaign has effectively increased awareness, as more new and expectant parents became aware of the newborn hearing screening (NHS), why hearing is important, and what to do following a failed NHS.