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A national pathway for school entry hearing screening has been developed for roll out across Wales.  The new service model provides a clear pathway to ensure a hearing screening test is offered to all children in the school year they reach age five.


Deafness or loss of hearing at any age can negatively affect levels of communication and can leave people feeling isolated and detached from the world around them. It is vital to detect hearing loss among young children as soon as possible to provide the right care and support and to ensure they can effectively communicate to reach their full educational, employment and social potential.


In 2017, I launched the Framework of Action for Wales, ‘*Integrated framework of care and support for people who are D/deaf or living with hearing loss’*.  The Framework aims to follow the life course from new\-born screening and children through to adults and older people. The School Entry Hearing Screening Pathway was developed by a Framework of Action task and finish group, utilising the expertise and skills from education, third sector, nursing, audiology and local government to evaluate a broad range of evidence and information to develop the pathway to:


* Enable health boards to deliver prudent and effective services compliant with the UK National Screening Committee recommendation for school entry hearing screening in children.
* Optimise the school entry hearing screening process using established standards, personnel, training, equipment, facilities and data collection aligned with the national Audiology Quality Standards.
* Assist in national audit of how hearing impaired children are identified following the new\-born hearing screen, and school screen, to inform the development of hearing care pathways.
* Integrate the screening and diagnostic process with the identification and management of Additional Learning Needs.


I am encouraged that here in Wales the service will be available in all seven health boards whereas in other areas of the UK provision of hearing screening at school entry age has ceased.


The pathway will be evaluated by audiology Heads of Service after one full year in of operation and if required adjusted in response to the findings.


I would like to thank all those who have been part of the successful development of this pathway. Their contribution to meeting the demanding outcomes set out in “A Healthier Wales”, the Well\-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and the Framework of Action have been instrumental, and this pathway will make a significant difference to children in wales. 







Translation:


 
Mae llwybr cenedlaethol ar gyfer sgrinio'r clyw i blant ifanc yn yr ysgol wedi'i ddatblygu i'w roi ar waith ledled Cymru. Mae'r model newydd ar gyfer gwasanaethau'n darparu  llwybr clir i sicrhau bod prawf sgrinio'r clyw'n cael ei gynnig i  i bob plentyn yn y flwyddyn ysgol y mae'n cyrraedd pump oed.


Gall byddardod neu nam ar y clyw ar unrhyw oedran gael effaith negyddol ar lefelau cyfathrebu a gwneud u bobl deimlo eu bod wedi'u hynysu rhag y byd o'u cwmpas. Mae'n hanfodol canfod colled i’r clyw ymhlith plant ifanc cyn gynted â phosibl er mwyn darparu'r gofal a chymorth iawn ac i sicrhau y gallant gyfathrebu'n effeithiol i gyrraedd eu potensial addysgol a chymdeithasol a'u potensial o ran cyflogaeth yn llawn.


Yn 2017, lansiais y Fframwaith Gweithredu i Gymru, sef ‘*Fframwaith Gofal a chymorth integredig ar gyfer pobl sy’n F/fyddar neu sy’n byw â cholled clyw’*.  Mae'r fframwaith yn anelu at ddilyn hynt bywyd o sgrinio babanodd newydd\-anedig a phlant i oedolion a phobl hŷn. Datblygwyd Llwybr Sgrinio'r Clyw i Blant Ifanc yn yr Ysgol gan grŵp gorchwyl a gorffen Fframwaith Gweithredu, gan ddefnyddio arbenigedd a sgiliau byd addysg, y trydydd sector, nyrsio, awdioleg a llywodraeth leol i werthuso ystod eang o dystiolaeth a gwybodaeth i ddatblygu'r llwybr i:


* galluogi byrddau iechyd i ddarparu gwasanaethau darbodus ac effeithiol sy'n cydymffurfio ag argymhelliad Pwyllgor Sgrinio Cenedlaethol y DU ar gyfer sgrinio'r clyw mewn plant.
* Manteisio ar y broses ar gyfer sgrinio'r clyw i blant ifanc yn yr ysgol gan ddefnyddio safonau sydd wedi ennill eu plwyf, personél, hyfforddiant, Cyfleusterau a chasglu data yn unol â'r Safonau Ansawdd Awdioleg cenedlaethol.
* Cynorthwyo yn yr archwiliad cenedlaethol o sut y mae plant â nam ar eu clyw yn cael eu nodi yn dilyn sgrinio babanod newydd a'r sgrinio yn yr ysgol, i lywio datblygu llwybrau gofal clyw.
* Integreiddio'r broses sgrinio a diagnostig â nodi a Rheoli Anghenion Dysgu Ychwanegol.


Mae'n galondid imi y bydd y gwasanaeth yng Nghymru ar gael ym mhob un o'r saith bwrdd iechyd o ystyried bod darpariaeth sgrinio'r clyw i blant ifanc yn yr ysgol wedi dod i ben mewn ardaloedd eraill yn y DU.


Caiff y llwybr ei werthuso gan Benaethiaid Gwasanaeth ym maes awdioleg ar ôl iddo fod ar waith am flwyddyn ac fe gaiff ei addasu yn ôl yr angen mewn ymateb i'r canfyddiadau.


Hoffwn ddiolch i bawb a fu'n rhan o ddatblygiad llwyddiannus y llwybr. Mae eu cyfraniad at fodloni'r canlyniadau ymestynnol a nodir yn “Cymru Iachach”, Deddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol (Cymru) 2015 a'r Fframwaith Gweithredu wedi bod yn allweddol yn hyn o beth, a bydd y llwybr hwn yn gwneud gwahaniaeth sylweddol i blant yng Nghymru.