Figure and Table | Impact of the Improved Publicly-funded Newborn Hearing Screening Program

Table 1. Characteristics of Each Group and Results.

	Group 1	Group 2
	Nr. of newborn: 25,852	Nr. of newborn: 21,631
n (rate to newborns)	65 (0.25%)	148 (0.68%)	p=0.000^a
Sex
boy	41	91	NS^a
girl	24	57	NS^a
Hearing loss	32 (0.12%)	51 (0.24%)	p=0.005^a
unilateral	11 (0.04%)	22 (0.10%)	p=0.015^a
bilateral	21 (0.08%)	29 (0.13%)	p=0.077^a
Until first visit (median, days)	58.0	35.0	p=0.000^b
Until intervention (median, days)	147.0*	99.0**	p=0.037^b