According to the General Directorate of Public Relations and International Affairs, Fatemeh Abbasi, while commemorating "World Hearing Day" by explaining the program for screening, diagnosis, and early intervention of hearing in newborns and infants, stated: Hearing impairment is considered a hidden disability and one of the most common birth defects. In various societies, due to reasons such as the lack of its appearance in the child, the unfamiliarity of families with its early symptoms, lack of information about available services, insufficient knowledge of specialists about its prevalence and very serious complications that are identified with a long delay, it will cause serious negative effects on the development of speech, language, and cognition in the child.
She added: "Research results indicate that screening programs are the most effective way to identify hearing impairments early among infants. Various studies show that infants whose hearing impairment is diagnosed before 6 months of age have significantly higher abilities than children whose hearing impairment is diagnosed later."
The Deputy Director of Rehabilitation of State Welfare Organization stated: This program has been comprehensive since 2005. Currently, more than 700 hearing screening units are engaged in providing hearing screening services for newborns and infants throughout the country. Since the implementation of the program, more than 15 million, 385,789 children have been covered by the program, and of these, 47,478 children with hearing disorders have been identified and have undergone medical and rehabilitation interventions.
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