Last Updated: 1/15/10
Uruguay
- Population (mid-2008)(1): 3.3 Million
- Annual # of births (2007)(2): 51,000
- Institutional births (2000/7)(2):
- GNI PPP per Capita (US$) 2007(1): 11,040
- Infant Mortality rate(1): 10.5
- Newborn Hearing Screening Program: One Program
- Screened (2005): 490
- Not Passed: 32
- Audiological Evaluation: 30
- Hearing Loss ID: 1
- Average Age of Identification: 8 months
Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Contact:
Enrique Dal Monte, ENT, MDJefe del Dpto De ORL de COMEPA
Corporación médica de Paysandú
Address: Colon y Montecaseros, Paysandú 60000
Paysandu, Uruguay
Telephone number: 598 72 24226
Email Enrique Dal Monte
NHS Legislation:
There is currently no legislation
UNHS Program Information:
Beginning in 2000, this country started implementing both targeted NHS and UNHS in a limited number of hospitals. Currently, several hospitals in the capital and one hospital in the city of Paysandú offer the program. The baby’s primary care provider is usually the one in charge of providing further audiological testing. Hearing aids, speech language therapy and cochlear implants are available for children diagnosed with hearing loss. The government and/or the infant’s family usually pay for these services.
