What is the type and severity of hearing loss in infants throughout the United States?
Please note that some of this information is estimated and may not be exact. Not all states and territories were able to report this type of data. For additional state and territorial data by year please click here. 2006 Type and Severity Data • Summary of Totals for Type and Severity of Hearing Loss – By Ear (2006) 2005 Type and Severity Data Summary of 2005 Type and Severity Data (by ear) Please note that the 2005 data about type and severity of hearing loss was collected using a different survey than was used to collect the 2004 data. 2004 Type and Severity Data Type and Severity for Cases of Unilateral Hearing Loss (2004) Type and Severity for Cases of Bilateral Hearing Loss (2004) 2003 Summary 11.6% 9.7% Unknown A total of 44 states and territories reported that 2,899 infants born in year 2003 were identified with a Permanent Childhood Hearing Loss (PCHL). The prevalence of PCHL among these states in 2003 = 1.09 per 1,000 infants screened Type and Severity of PCHL A total of 33 of
