Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Universal newborn hearing screening, UNHS, is in place in the HSE south, Dublin mid-Leinster and Dublin north east regions. HSE west has been going live throughout 2013, with UNHS already rolled out in Letterkenny and at Sligo General Hospital. Front-line audiology staff are currently being recruited to support the newborn hearing screening programme. A procurement exercise for the purchasing of hearing aid and fitting systems and audiological assessment equipment has been completed.

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