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Hearing Screening For Your Newborn
The Birthing Center
is interested in your infants hearing since hearing
loss affects people of all ages, even infants. We
do many routine health assessments on our newborns
in order to assure a healthy start in life. Newborn
hearing screening is a mandatory test preformed
on all infants. The staff is well trained to efficiently
administer the test which allows for early diagnosis
and interventions.
The hearing screening test is noninvasive and completely
harmless. It is often completed when the baby is
sleeping. The test is performed in the newborn nursery
where it is quiet. Feel free to ask questions or
come into the nursery and see how it is done.
We are committed to identifying newborns with hearing
loss while they are still very young. When an infant
does not pass the hearing screen we will repeat
the test. If the infant still fails to pass the
hearing screen then further testing will be scheduled.
Early diagnosis will improve your child's ability
to achieve normal social, emotional and language
development by obtaining early referrals and interventions.
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