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The page started on 01/15/2007, Updated on 10/12/2009
     

 

 

 

 

Newborn and Infant Hearing Screen

 
General Information
  Prevalence of hearing loss (HL) is 30 per 10,000 newborns.
Each year > 12,000 babies are born in the United States with a hearing impairment.
Risks for hearing loss are present in only 50% of newborns with hearing loss.
The average age at which a child with HL is identified between 12 to 25 months. This allows hearing loss to go undiagnosed until later in life when speech and language skills are more difficult to develop.
 
The universal newborn hearing test required in the United States now
  All the newborns will get a hearing test before nursery discharge
Current newborn hearing screen tests includes Otoacoustic Emission (OAE) and Automated Auditory Brain Stem Response (AABR)
If hearing loss is found, your infant or child can have hearing aid placed as when the problems is identified.
If fail to pass the hearing screen test, repeat the test before nursery discharge. If still fail to pass the 2nd hearing screen test, refer to pediatric audiologist to have the advanced hearing tests.
 
Confirmed the hearing loss in the newborns, and Infants
  Place hearing aid
Screen risk factors for hearing loss
Referral to early development intervention program
Referral to supporting group www.infanthearing.org www.babyhearing.org
 
Do we have hearing loss? If we don’t show the following signs, check with our doctors. Hearing Development uchicago
0-3 months old
  Startles to loud sounds.
Calms to your voice.
Turns head to voice.
Awakened by or cries because of loud voices and sounds.
Social smiles when you speak, starts at 2 nd month
Has own voice except crying at 1 st month, coos at 2-3 months old
 
3-6months old
  Follow voice turning from side to side
Pay attention to you when you speak
Begin to imitate your sounds such as ooh, aah, ba-ba, or da-da
Rattles toys that make sounds.
Becomes scared by a loud voice.

 

 

 

 
 
 
Overview
  
   
 
 
Statistics
  
  Hearing loss CDC  
  Statistics NIDCD  
  Prevalence and Incidence asha  
     
 
Hearing Loss?
  
 

entnet.org
kidshealth.org
Effects of Hearing Loss asha
Infant Hearing Loss NIH

  
 
 

Hearing Development

 
  Speech and Language NIDCD
Language and Learning NIDCD
Zerotothree - FAQ 0-3
Hearing development uchicago		 
     
 
Causes and Risks
  
  nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
asha.org
Genetics of Hearing Loss CDC
Causes and types NF
Parent question NF 		 
 
 

Noise & Hearing Loss

 
  noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov
asha.org/noisy_toys.htm
entnet.org/
Noise-hearing loss NIDCD
Loud noise hurt ears NF		  
     
 

Hearing Screening

  
  Hearing tests for all ages asha
Newborn Screening NIDCD
Hearing screen NIDCD
FAQ newborn screen CDC
 
 
 
Fails Hearing Screening
  
  Parent Guide CDC
Fails newborn screen NIDCD
Hearingrehab for kids asha
 
     
 

Hearing Aids & Implants

 
  Hearing Aids NIDCD
asha- Hearing Aids
entnet.org - Hearing Aids
Cochlear implants asha
entnet.org-cochlearImplants
asha.org-Funding Resources
  
 
 

More for Physicians

 
  All hearing topics... NIDCD
All balance topics... NIDCD
All voice topics... NIDCD
Smell disorders NIDCD
Taste disorders NIDCD
 
     
 

Law and Guidelines

 
 

Guidelines/legislation NCHAM
Status of State EHDI Laws
cdc-Hearing Screening Guidelines
Hearing screening AAP

 
 
 

Hearing Disorders

 
  Health inf. ENT NIDCD
KidsENT AAO-HNS		  
     
 

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Reference:

Organizations
Directory of Organizations NIDCD
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/ehdi/default.htm (Federal Website)
http://www.babyhearing.org/index.asp Boys Town National Research Hospital NIDCD
American Academy of Audiology
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders NIDCD
CDC recommended screening resource
 Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB - Federal Website)

Financial Issues & Clinical Trials
Funding Resources for Audiology Services and Hearing Aids asha
ClinicalTrials.gov: Hearing Disorders (National Institutes of Health)
American Hearing Research Foundation

0-3:The Nation’s Leading resource on the First Year of Life
AAFP: American Academy of Family Physicians
AAO-HNS: American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery
AMA: American Medical Association
asha: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
NCHAM: National Center for Hearing Assessment & Management
niaid: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
CDC: Central for Disease Control & Prevention on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
CMS: The Children's Medical Services program
EHDI: Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Program
NDCCD:National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
NIDCD:National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
NF: Nemours Foundation
uchicago: the University of Chicago Kids' Hospital
UNIHS: Universal Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening