Newborn Hearing Screening | 合法醫療器材資訊網

Doyouknowthatyourbaby'shearingcanbecheckedevenbeforeleavingthebirthhospital?Manystates,communities,andhospitalsofferhearingscreening ...

"Our daughters hearing loss was identified through the newborn screen. Whenever friends have babies, I ask, Did they get the newborn hearing screen?" ~ Dorothy

Do you know that your baby’s hearing can be checked even before leaving the birth hospital? Many states, communities, and hospitals offer hearing screening for babies. A baby’s hearing can be screened using Automated Auditory Brainstem Response (AABR)[1], Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE)[2], or both.

Babies usually have their hearing screened while still in the hospital, either in the nursery or in their mothers’ room.

Hearing screening is easy and is not painful. In fact, babies are often asleep while being screened. It takes a v...