BOEL-a screening program to enlarge the concept of infant health.

Abstract

Infant screening should cover the need for general information regarding the child's development of attention functions important for communication with surroundings, as well as for the acquistion of language and speech. BOEL is a screening method applied by child health centers in Sweden, Finland, The Netherlands, Denmark and Italy. With the help of two visual stimuli, the "gripper" and the "spinner", and four sound sources, ranging in frequency between 4,000 and 12,500 Hz, the child's capacity to give adequate response to signals is checked, preferably within the frame of routine health check-ups, by one tester.