These Philippine clinical practice guidelines (CPG) were developed to guide healthcare professionals on screening for hearing disorders among apparently healthy children and adult Filipinos.
Audiologists and primary care providers serving Filipino populations should review these guidelines to align screening protocols for hearing disorders with the recommended periodic health examination framework.
National clinical practice guidelines for hearing screening represent a formal, policy-level commitment to early detection and could serve as a model or benchmark for other lower-middle-income countries developing similar frameworks.
- 01Philippines has issued national clinical practice guidelines for hearing disorder screening in routine health exams.
- 02Guidelines cover both children and apparently healthy adults.
- 03Designed to direct healthcare professionals on when and how to screen for hearing loss.
- 04Represents a formal government/professional body endorsement of systematic hearing health checks.
- 05May inform advocacy for similar guidelines in other Southeast Asian countries.
The guidelines direct healthcare professionals to screen for hearing disorders in apparently healthy children and adults during periodic health examinations.
guidelinesupported- PMID
- 42382941
- DOI
- 10.47895/amp.v60i10.12730.
- Journal
- Acta Medica Philippina
- Publication type
- guideline
- Evidence level
- 5
- Population
- Apparently healthy children and adults undergoing periodic health examinations in the Philippines
- Intervention
- Hearing disorder screening as part of periodic health examinations
Primary outcomes
Recommended screening protocols for hearing disorders in routine health checks