Australian Consensus Statement

The Australian Consensus Statement on Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening was ratified by the Australian National Hearing Screening Committee in November 2001.

This Consensus Statement was agreed upon at ‘Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening in Australia: a National Forum for Consensus and Implementation’, held on 24 March 2001 at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide.

There were over 110 participants from all states and territories of Australia, including audiologists, teachers of the deaf, neonatologists, paediatricians, otolaryngologists, nurses, epidemiologists, and parents of children with hearing impairment.