The test ensures that hearing loss and impairment is identified onaverage two years earlier than previous methods and, as earlyintervention is known to be vitally important for the development of alldeaf children, this test in itself is a cause for celebration.
Twelve months on however, and the question of what happens after a childis identified as deaf still looms large.
Too many parents are discovering that while their child might well beidentified as deaf as soon as they are born, the support they then needis sorely lacking. As arguments with local authorities aboutentitlements persist, deaf children's communication development is puton hold and vital time is lost.
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