Samaher Saif Al Yazal
The head of the ear, nose, throat and jaw surgery in government hospitals d. Maryam Suhaan said that government hospitals have expanded their services since 2023 with five clinics per week and entered an ABR examination to raise the accuracy of the diagnosis, noting that more than 56 thousand newborns have been examined since the launch of the early hearing examination program in Bahrain.
D. Maryam Suhaan The hearing examination forum for newborns comes within the framework of promoting awareness of the importance of early examination of newborns, as a basic step to maintain the proper development of the child and ensure a better healthy future.
She explained that the forum is part of the global trends of health, noting that Bahrain has gone a long way in this field through the development of the program and the adoption of the latest diagnostic technologies.
She indicated that the program of hearing examination of newborns, which started in September 2009, was able to examine about 56,000 births until the end of 2024, which strengthened the chances of early discovery and rapid therapeutic intervention.
Dr. Maryam Suhaan that the program witnessed a remarkable expansion in 2023, increasing the number of clinics to five clinics per week, which enabled the needs of a larger segment of births and their families.
She indicated that the program started in September 2009 using the OAE sound emissions examination and included internal and external patients, and was based on paper documentation.
In May 2017, the program witnessed a qualitative shift in the transition to electronic documentation, which strengthened the efficiency of follow -up and the sustainability of medical records, and in 2020, services were reorganized to be limited to receiving patients in outpatient clinics only, which was within the continuity and quality of service, while in December 2022, the ABR auditory response examination was added, which raised the accuracy of the diagnosis and contributed to improving therapeutic results.
