Project of the countrywide data collecting system for neonatal hearing screening programme in Poland

Neonatal hearing screening is becoming a standard of care in increasing number of hospitals and outpatient departments in Poland. A project of central data collecting system applicable to a neonatal hearing screening programme has been elaborated as a preparation to introducing a countrywide screening programme. The data collecting system will be based on the currently existing central system for the registration of neonatal screening tests for metabolic diseases. Data on risk factors for hearing loss and hearing screening test results will be collected. A central data collecting system for a neonatal hearing screening programme will increase the efficiency of the screening programme and facilitate epidemiological studies.