Beginning with March this year, a new maternity is included in the Early Intervention programme developed by Sense International (Romania). With the financial support of International Women’s Association from Bucharest, Sense International (Romania) equips the Emergency Hospital Sf. Pantelimon with a screening device to test the hearing of newborn babies. The device, worth approximately 10,000 Euro, will ensure the screening of around 2,000 babies each year.

On March 20, 2010, the medical staff from the Neonatal Unit was trained in testing the hearing of babies, by Dr. Alexandru Pascu – ENT/audiology specialist, PHD in medical sciences and researcher of the "Prof. Dr. Dorin Hociota" Medical Center for Phono-Audiology and ENT Functional Surgery.
„An optimum and efficient hearing screening programme for newborn babies will allow the early identification (in the first month of life) of permanent bilateral hearing impairments.

An objective diagnosis can be given by the age of 3 months, while an adequate therapeutic intervention (prostheses or cochlear implant) can be done by the age of 6 months. This way, the child is given the best chances for a normal acquisition of information and normal development of language” Dr. Alexandru Pascu.