Medical Guidelines

BCEHP Guidelines for the management of children newly diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss

The purpose of these guidelines is to assist physicians in the management of infants and young children newly diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss through the B.C. Early Hearing Program (BCEHP). These guidelines are anticipated to be informational only, and are not intended or designed to substitute reasonable exercise of independent clinical judgment by physicians and medical providers. Guidelines directed towards infants or children newly diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) are presented. Structural conductive impairments can arise from maldevelopment of the external or middle ears. The medical management of these children with the resultant conductive hearing loss (CHL) is beyond the scope of these guidelines.

BCEHP Medical Guidelines