The Egyptian Ministry of Health announced conducting hearing tests for 3.856 million children as part of the initiative of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi for the early detection of hearing problems and deafness in newborns.
Spokesman for the ministry Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said that the hearing of 219.384 children will be re-tested.
He said that 3,500 health units all over Egypt conduct hearing scans for newborns from one-day-old until 28-day-old.
Early detection of hearing problems helps in avoiding any hearing disability and facilitates treatment in addition to avoiding the problems of speaking, he said.
Source: The Egyptian Gazette
